General aviation medial reform is trying to get pilots to fly without the requirement of renewing a third class medical. If the Pilots Bills of Right 2 passes, once you get your third class medical certificate you would not need to renew it. If you got your medical certificate in past ten years then you also don't have to renew it. Of course, there are other things the pilot would have to do like 1. Complete an online aeromedical course every four years. 2. If something was wrong with your health, you would just have to get it checkout by a physicians and log it in your logbook. 3.If a condition already exists then you would have take care of that before any of this applies to you (EAA, 2015). At the moment this medical reform is a bill then it will go the House os Representatives then the president will have to sign off on the bill before it becomes a law.
One of the many good things that may come out of the bill is the fact older pilots will be able to fly without having any restrictions. We all know how expensive it is to go thru flight school and to me it seems like waste when something minimal can ruin your dreams. One of the negative things is obviously the fact that, some pilot may abuse it and not report any serious conditions but I think that will be a rare case. Pilots hold themselves to a higher standard and know the risks of flying when unfit to fly. Overall, I do think this reform is necessary because I think it would benefit the pilots and the government a lot. Both sides would be saving money. If this bill passes then it would be doing more good than bad.
I agree with you that it is a good thing that older pilots will be able to fly without having any restrictions. I also agree that this will give pilots that had something minimal take their medical away will be allowed to fly again. The only downfall I see with this is the pilot that had their medical’s taken for something big will also be able to fly too.
ReplyDeleteI cannot agree with the idea of allowing pilots to fly in our skies with only a valid drivers license. I feel like it is beyond easy to get a drivers license and they very rarely will revoke one.
ReplyDeleteI like that the older pilots would be able to return tot he skies, however I agree with matt and that allowing people to fly with only a valid license is very troubling to me. You say pilots know the risks of flying when unfit but there are many accidents that have occurred because the pilot was not fit to fly at that time yet still went up anyways. I like your faith in them but when flying brings in the money, some will not follow those standards.
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