Our friends at avweb ran this in todays edition and I would like to encourage all to visit the site and make your comments. This issue will become important to all of us at some point in our flying. Many on this list have related their story about dealing with the FAA on special issue medicals. Most can get one it is just a lot of work, much money and long delays.
IMVHO we all know if we should be flying in our recreation related aircraft or not and the day after our most recent medical it is only our judgement that make the determination to go flying or not so in a very real way we do this each time we go out to fly. I would like to get rid of the medicals for private and recreational pilots. I have seen it work very well in the glider field and it will do just as well in the private power pilots. Please take this opportunity to let people know how we feel about unnecessary cost burdens on the lower end of general aviation. By the way I do think everyone should have a proper medical before they start to fly so that if they have problems they can be identified and it would be fair if the FAA published lists of medications that we should not use and fly. *** THIS WEEK'S QUESTION *** "Should the FAA allow medical self-certification for private and recreational pilots of powered aircraft, the way they now do for pilots of gliders and balloons? Should Aviation Medical Examiners be required to hold a pilot certificate?" To respond to these questions, and to see how other readers have responded, go to <http://www.avweb.com/qotw>. Pilots are generally a very reasonable and responsible group of people and can deal with this issue very well with no FAA involvement if the FAA would just get out of the way. Have a good day. Best regards, Vern Hendershott
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