Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Nothing prevents them from "returning to work" flying. They can find themselves a nice little 135 Charter gig, or Part 91 Corporate.
Hey don't send them to us in part 135, we have enough already.
I fly with some old geezers who scare the hell out of me, but hey if they can pass the medical then they can be there.
One of them freely admits that without his "buddy" AME he probably wouldn't get a medical.
I would like to see a first class medical as a requirement for part 135, at least for single pilot ops.
It's stupid that part 121 requires two pilots and both with first class medicals but you can medical out from that job and then go and fly 135 single pilot IFR with a second class medical.
The guy I refer to is 75, is out of breath walking across the ramp and flies single pilot IFR at night.