Drivers license - Third Class Medical Proposal

[Agfoxflyer]

Just sent off to my Representative a letter asking for support. My medical is coming up so guess I'll have get another one. Hopefully last one

[kauaicuda]

Expensive and time consuming Class III medical? Uh.... 1 hour and $120? or is this geared more towards folks who are struggling with medical conditions to get the Class III?

[Av8r3400]

Think about this:

Go to the hospital for chest pains that turn out to be that Tai food you had for lunch. (Happened to an marathon runner/pilot friend of mine) Now he needs to do annual stress test with full EKG to maintain his Class III.

How about your love for bacon? All of a sudden you are on new cholesterol meds that you didn't check to see were on the 1950's tech-level approved list. Oops.

How about winning the battle with cancer?

Now see how much that $120 Class III medical costs.

I could go on and on. This isn't just an old person's problem. There are a million pitfalls that can make a Class III horribly expensive to maintain. It's an outdated, unnecessary, government boondoggle that needs to go away.

[kauaicuda]

Point taken. I guess I was just surprised how easy I passed the class 3, guess I took it for granted.

[mr bill]

I had no trouble when I was younger. Now however, bypass surgery 20 years ago and every year a stress test, blood test, Cardiologist recommendation and wait for 3 to 5 months every year. By the way, the 12 month certification period begins when you submit the paper work, not the day they issue your medical. I sold my Skyhawk and am looking forward to flying the Kitfox (this spring I hope).

[SkyPirate]

I hear you Mr Bill,..I have new parts through out my body ..some made of plastic some made of steel ,,if you get lost in Nevada I could strip down and you could use the scars as a map and have 4 different routes to get to NY lol luckily I never failed a physical ,,and luckily my model 5 is an LSA
but if by chance this ruling takes hold,..I know of a 4 place tail dragger that screams at me everytime I walk by it's hangar

[SkySteve]

I sent the letter, too. Can you imagine a 6,000# Kitfox with a 180hp engine hanging on the front!

[SWeidemann]

Re: 3rd Class Medical Reform

Now it is past the "End of the year" for 2014, is there any more news from the FAA about the new changes in Third Class Medical Rules?

Skot

[WWhunter]

All I have to say is...good luck!!!

This is all hearsay, Spoke to a good friend who is friend of an FAA guy. The FAA guy really didn't have any info other than saying that 'if' it gets through the beauratic pipeline, it would probably take 3 more years to get made into a useable regulation. Like I said, all hearsay.

Ain't I just a wealth of good news!

[Av8r3400]

Our best hope for action is to keep up the pressure on congress. The FAA is a beurocratic nightmare that is nearly frozen in self protecting red tape. Not that congress is much better...

I have read recently that the number of congressional co sponcers is growing. With a new majority in the senate, my hopes are greater for this to proceed steadily.