I just ran into the same issue with my AME, he still has the same magazines from 1999, so that can't be the reason for the price increase. I put together a quick poll here:

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/av...a-medical.html


The poll is 2 questions, take the poll and the results update live* here:

Average Cost

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