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good news for FAA pilots!
FAA Airline Transport Pilots and private pilots medicals are now extended for pilots under the age of 40. private pilots will now have their medical issued for 5 years, ATPs for 1 year.Pilots Will Visit the M.D less often
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Yes they are mattpilot! No new standards, it is just that the FAA has adopted the ICAO time limits. The following article provides great information about this change:
EAA News - FAA Extends Duration of First- and Third-Class Medical Certificates
EAA News - FAA Extends Duration of First- and Third-Class Medical Certificates
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ICAO Medicals
Lets hope that it is part of a move to make all ICAO compliant medicals acceptable for use with ICAO licences. I would much prefer to pay $50 for my FAA Class 3 than £250 for a CAA Class 2
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Very unlikely to happen. The medical departments are the most powerful and pro-active in the national CAAs. All efforts to simplify medical requirements for ICAO-level licenses/ratings, within Europe, have failed. In principle anybody could file a difference to ICAO to get rid of the silly stuff but only the USA has done that.
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Lets hope that it is part of a move to make all ICAO compliant medicals acceptable for use with ICAO licences. I would much prefer to pay $50 for my FAA Class 3 than £250 for a CAA Class 2
Yeah. 250 for medical for private flying?? Crazy. Czech JAA Class 1 is about that price or touch less in Prague. But then, it's stricter than UK CAA at the mo.
Downside is bit of a queueing if you don't show up early morning as they have some 1 or 2hr cut-off times for blood taken and results brought back. But then, when you come before noon, all the 'first stops' in the tour are free. I was there on Monday last February, so bit of a wait. But all OK.
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Lets hope that it is part of a move to make all ICAO compliant medicals acceptable for use with ICAO licences. I would much prefer to pay $50 for my FAA Class 3 than £250 for a CAA Class 2
Yeah. 250 for medical for private flying?? Crazy. Czech JAA Class 1 is about that price or touch less in Prague. But then, it's stricter than UK CAA at the mo.
Downside is bit of a queueing if you don't show up early morning as they have some 1 or 2hr cut-off times for blood taken and results brought back. But then, when you come before noon, all the 'first stops' in the tour are free. I was there on Monday last February, so bit of a wait. But all OK.
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I like Prague (was born there) but I don't think that one would save much money after the flight.... unless of course one wishes to sample some of the local "business offerings" upon receiving the successful medical certificate 
The CAA Class 1 Initial medical has come down. It used to be about £600 and is now about £300. I guess they were losing a lot of business to some other JAA members, behind the former Iron Curtain.
The CAA Class 1 Initial medical has come down. It used to be about £600 and is now about £300. I guess they were losing a lot of business to some other JAA members, behind the former Iron Curtain.
