class 1 reverts to class 2?
I have been under the impression for a while that if you do not renew a class 1 medical, then it becomes a class 2 and you can renew the class 1 at any point during the 5 years after the initial. However, someone I mentioned this to recently said this rule has now changed and you cannot use an expired class 1 to fly with class 2 priviledges. I'm going to ask when I go to gatwick next week but I was wondering if anyone on here has heard about this? I'm unlikely to need a class 1 for the next 2 years so was planning to let it go to a class 2 until such time that I actualy need the class 1. It seems crazy to me that next year I'll have to go and get a class 2 intial - when I will already hold a class 1....