Originally Posted by PrattFan

Aside from any safety concerns, has anyone considered what affect this may have on the AME system? Someone mentioned AOPA having 400,000 members, and ALPA only having 52,000. I know myself have had to switch AME's 3 times in 15 years because the one I was using gave it up because the huge PITA they've made it for doctors to participate. What happens when they lose 75% of that business, how many will continue to do it because the efforts far exceed the reward?

Are commercial pilots alone enough to support the large infrastructure of AME's we currently have?