FiveAlphaFox

They repackaged the third class medical and gave it a new name....... PBOR2.

It won't do anything to help the tens of thousands of people who ever took an antidepressant for a brief time because docs overprescribe crap to people.... that prescription on their records indicates a "mental issue". It wont do anything for all the people whose parents made them take an ADHD med because they wanted junior to pay more attention is class.

99% of the people who wanted the LSA rule to extend to 180hp pipers would never exceed 140kts or 10,000ft, let alone carry more than 1 passenger.

The bill is crap!

But the bill will let all the 65yo 225lb slobs with cholesterol thicker than oil pilot a Piper Malibu with 4 passengers because they were lucky enough to never get put on a banned medication or a medication that indicates a banned medical condition. Way to go Washington DC!

JohnBurke

Only because the medical standards don't need lowering. Lowering the bar benefits nothing.

If someone isn't medically fit, they shouldn't be flying, and taking away or lessening the medical standard is not a step forward.

You identified things which are easily addressed and rectified. If one isn't taking psychotropic drugs, it can be shown and a medical obtained; if one is taking them, one need not be flying.

AOPA catered to the lowest common denominator in pushing for this legislation. It was a crowd pleaser, but for the crowd that doesn't have a big impact on aviation, and it did nothing more than lower the bar, and may very well compromise safety rather than improve it.

rickair7777

Yes, pointless and stupid. Saves most PPL s a few bucks every few years. Will also allow a few who have no business flying to continue to do so. Bad for their pax, but limited hazard to the general public, which poses far more danger to itself from distracted diving.

I'm worried what the AMEs will have to charge for a 1C now that most of their aviation business is gone.