Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

I'd settle for the Brit option for aircraft under 2000Kg and the American for more than that but it is all nonsense anyway. I'm not sure that any of the aviation regulation beyond the relatively simple rules of air on who gives way, how to approach and depart aerodromes etc does any good.

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

And top down, centralised command and control worked so well for the Soviet Union didn't it? Mike At 06:59 PM 1/11/2017, you wrote: On 11 Jan 2017, at 7:01 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > The medical for private pilots is mere CYA and virtue signalling by

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

On 11 Jan 2017, at 8:00 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Or text while driving like the idiot I followed for a while coming back from > the airfield this afternoon (at a safe distance). > > The US limitations are up to 6000 pounds, can be IFR and up to 18,000 feet

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

Or text while driving like the idiot I followed for a while coming back from the airfield this afternoon (at a safe distance). The US limitations are up to 6000 pounds, can be IFR and up to 18,000 feet below 250 knots. The Brits 2000Kg AFAIK and 1 feet probably isn't any kind of serious

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

On 11 Jan 2017, at 3:22 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > > > Everyone should download the CASA discussion paper and put in a submission. > I'll publish some more links later. You have until end of March. Note that the CASA discussion paper presents six regulatory

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

Um, no. Fortunately we have a control group. When glider and balloon pilots were looked at in the US they had about the same rate of medical incapacitation accidents as pilots with aviation medicals. One study actually came out a little lower but probably not significant. Australia has around

Re: [Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

Hi Mike, >CASA has a discussion paper up on medicals, released just before Christmas,  >but as usual is making a mountain out of a molehill despite there being an >ATSB report showing that medical incapacitation from 1975 to 2006 was 98 >incidents/accidents out of 160,000 and some of the 98

[Aus-soaring] FAA Issues General Aviation Medical Rule

We've been waiting for it... The third class medical requirement for private and recreational pilots will no longer be necessary starting on the first of May. Lets hope other authorities do the same! Jim https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=87125