Who flies?

[Shorty]

Status of 3rd class medical reform:

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=86edf86b-383d-49b8-b1fd-8443a9a5b8ca

Great news. If passed, we Privates with expired medicals and no plans to get one can fly some of the smaller planes now considered too heavy or too fast under the Sport Pilot regs. The price of 150 Cessnas is about to go up.  I'll take a 150 HP Aerobat please. All the airplane I need to have fun.

 

[Testarossa]

Third-class medical reform isn't going to happen this year. It's attached to the transportation authorization bill, which is stalled in Congress behind the Iran nuke agreement debate and the Pope's visit, so probably won't see action other than a short extension of existing funding. Next year, maybe?

[Jolly]

ATP/MEL
Type ratings: B707/B720/CE525S/CE500/CE560XL

started long ago in a Piper warrior, flew about three or four different versions out of the Piper family, maybe four or five different versions of Cessna family and quite a bit of military flying in KC135/E/D/R model tankers (with the standard lead in training in T-37/T-38) and a few years flying as a civilian Test Pilot.

Its been a great life, had to take a few years off from flying in a post 9/11 mission set, but hope to return to the cockpit soon!!

Fortunately I've had my growing Guzzi and Buell collection to help take the edge off and keep me sane!

[BRIO]

Great news. If passed, we Privates with expired medicals and no plans to get one can fly some of the smaller planes now considered too heavy or too fast under the Sport Pilot regs. The price of 150 Cessnas is about to go up.  I'll take a 150 HP Aerobat please. All the airplane I need to have fun.

 

I saw one of those new c162's the other day. Not a bad plane. It has more lcd screens than my plane does;)

[ITSec]

Third-class medical reform isn't going to happen this year. It's attached to the transportation authorization bill...

That would be the same bill that's been kicked down the road and replaced with temporary authorizations since the late 1980s?  (OK, there was one long-term bill in that time!)