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 |
I wonder if certificates issued before July 24, 2008 (effective date of this new rule) are also valid for the new durations.
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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 |
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. |
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. |
I don't know who's paying £250 for a class two medical. I pay £50!
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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. |
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