Drivers license medical

[FlyingRon]

"Gentle jawboning" is lobbying. It's not necessary that the EAA do the continual self-back clapping that the AOPA does whenever something happens they want to take credit for.
You can try contacting your senator or congressman provided you didn't vote him out yesterday (or at least claim you supported him anyway) and ask if he could exert some pressure on the Secreatary.

DOT is where the politics are played. Once it gets to the Office of Mismanagement and Beancounting that approval should be relatively forthcoming. In fact, it should be a slam dunk for DECREASING federal budget impact as it will take a lot of load off Joklahoma City.

[TedK]

Jonathan- Has EAA queried DOT or FAA for any explanation as to why the NRPM has not left OST, and when one might expect it to leave OST?

[Frank Giger]

How does one protest this inaction?

One gets their Congressman or Senator to have their staffer call the staff over there at OMB and gently ask if they can get an update on the review process of this action, say in the Senator's office at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday?Incredible amounts of action by a regulatory agency can be achieved that way.

[Jonathan Harger]

Jonathan- Has EAA queried DOT or FAA for any explanation as to why the NRPM has not left OST, and when one might expect it to leave OST?

Ted,

EAA senior management approached FAA and DOT senior management late last week to ask that very question, and the answer we got back was that the NPRM was in the final stages of review in both OMB and DOT. While we weren't given a specific expected date of completion (no one ever is), we know that a significant majority of the work is done. We are cautiously optimistic about that.

[TedK]

Ted,

EAA senior management approached FAA and DOT senior management late last week to ask that very question, and the answer we got back was that the NPRM was in the final stages of review in both OMB and DOT. While we weren't given a specific expected date of completion (no one ever is), we know that a significant majority of the work is done. We are cautiously optimistic about that.

Jonathan-

If DOT and OMB are working that together, then there is indeed reason to be optimistic.

Perhaps there really is a pony!

Thanks,

Ted

[Jonathan Harger]

Jonathan-

If DOT and OMB are working that together, then there is indeed reason to be optimistic.

Perhaps there really is a pony!

I hope so! ...but let's not count our ponies until they hatch.

[tmc31]

Oh boy, scrambled ponies! yum

Tim

[lnuss]

It's not necessary that the EAA do the continual self-back clapping that the AOPA does whenever something happens they want to take credit for.

That's part of why I dropped my menbership a while back.

[TedK]

It is now 12 Nov and there is no update to DOT's Significant Rulemaking status site. The last update was 6 Oct. they are supposed to update it monthly. This site statuses a lot more than the Driver License Medical we are all waiting to see.


In addition to providing a status and schedule, they are supposed to have a colored box next to each item coded Green, Black or Red. And if it is Red (late) their own website says they will say why it is late.


It just galls me when they ignore us and don't even abide by their own rules.

[Jeff Boatright]

I wonder if it's still coded "Black" because it did go to OST before the projected date. OTOH, the current update indicates that it hasn't gone to OMB yet (see below). However, Jonathan tells us that is has in fact already gone to OMB. Sounds like someone simply forgot to update the attachment that downloads from the DOT website. If OMB is just about finished reviewing it, as Jonathan says, then the process is within the projected schedule:

20.	Medical Self-Evaluation for Certain Noncommercial Operations in Lieu of Airman Medical Certification Black
Popular Title: Medical Self-Certification
RIN 2120-AK45
Stage: NPRM
Previous Stage:None
Abstract: This rulemaking would consider allowing certain operations to be conducted by individuals exercising private-pilot privileges without holding a current FAA airman medical certificate. The intended effect of this action is to provide relief from having to obtain a medical certificate for pilots engaged in low-risk flying, such as private pilots operating a small, general aviation aircraft.
Effects: None
Prompting action: Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision
Legal Deadline: None
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 02/04/2014
Docket Number:
Dates for NPRM: Milestone Originally Scheduled Date New Projected Date Actual Date To OST 07/03/2014 08/14/2014 07/24/2014 To OMB 08/04/2014 08/25/2014 OMB Clearance 11/04/2014 11/25/2014 Publication Date 11/10/2014 12/09/2014 End of Comment Period 01/09/2015 03/09/2015
Explanation for any delay: N/A
Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None