Anybody know if during last election if we gained or lost chances of passing the elimination or change to getting rid of third class medical ? Where is this Bill at ? Does nobama support or deny ? Could he just do one of his "executive orders" to make it happen ?

182 STOL driver wrote:Anybody know if during last election if we gained or lost chances of passing the elimination or change to getting rid of third class medical ? Where is this Bill at ? Does nobama support or deny ? Could he just do one of his "executive orders" to make it happen ?

AOPA has a weekly online report of what is happening in the GA world, with updates on their advocacy efforts. I watch it every week, it's actually pretty good! Last week they talked a bit about this - here's the link, then select the video for the Nov. 6th edition:

http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live/AOPA-Live-This-Week

Your link is no good, mike.

Av8r3400 wrote:Your link is no good, mike.

I edited the link to just go to the AOPA Live page, you just have to click on the November 6th edition. Sorry about that!

http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live/AOPA-Live-This-Week

Also, here's another thread from the EAA forums where they've been tracking the progress of the 3rd Class / Driver's License proposal:

http://eaaforums.org/showthread.php?552 ... se-medical

There's some pretty promising info in there.

I would not be surprised if the final ruling was something like this:

Drivers licence qualifies you for a class C up through age 65
For 65 and older you take a physical annually.

Now with so many not needing a physical you will see far less doctors wanting to deal with an extra federal bureaucracy for just a few physicals to perform. I will probably have to go to Sacramento every years. And with competition being low I will have to pay 2 to 4 hundred bucks and with travel time I will have to dedicate a full day.

Law of unintended consequences dictates that when they try to make it easier it end up being harder.

Tim

qmdv wrote:I would not be surprised if the final ruling was something like this:

Drivers licence qualifies you for a class C up through age 65
For 65 and older you take a physical annually.

Now with so many not needing a physical you will see far less doctors wanting to deal with an extra federal bureaucracy for just a few physicals to perform. I will probably have to go to Sacramento every years. And with competition being low I will have to pay 2 to 4 hundred bucks and with travel time I will have to dedicate a full day.

Law of unintended consequences dictates that when they try to make it easier it end up being harder.

Tim

Sounds a lot like the CDL medical I just went through. My physician said piss on the new FED REGS and won't do them anymore, paid $150 for it.....and they really don't give a crap about my health, just thier paycheck.
I hope this one goes through!