This is nuts!
10-07-2014 | 11:45 AM
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This is nuts!
Little known fact in the trucking industry... For decades and until recently, pilots who also held a commercial drivers license which required a medical certificate, were able to forgo the traditional "truck driver" DOT medical exam and simply use their, current/valid FAA medical. This also permitted use of any class of FAA medical. This is no longer the case. Further the DOT has lowered the bar on who can administer a truck driver DOT medical. And my AME is not certified to offer these trucker medicals! So basically the same DOT is saying that my AME is not qualified and I can fly an airplane with a more extensive medical exam though it cannot be used to drive a truck!
10-07-2014 | 12:01 PM
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It really is nuts and makes me angry what the DOT did on this. I lost my class-A CDL due to this. Up to about 2007 you did not even need a medical to drive a truck for what a 100 years of American trucking history, then they started not only making it unlawful to drive a truck without a current medical, they rescinded every CDL not supported by a current medical. That would be the same as the FAA rescinding a pilot's tickets because they let their aviation medical lapse. It makes me angry even thinking about it, it was total nonsense. If I wanted to drive again (I don't, but) I would have to start trucking school over to get my CDL back.
10-07-2014 | 12:19 PM
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Yep, sad/bad deal. Now need to have two medicals...This has got to be more than dysfunctional or an oversight, me thinks politics... As long as I can recall interstate truckers did require a medical, while some states didn't, providing the travel was confined to intrastate (within trip originating state and state licensed in) Regardless, it's still nuts!
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10-07-2014 | 07:16 PM
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More automotive excellence, this time brought to you by the CA DMV Drivers Handbook: "You will give a thumbprint, or fingerprint if you have no thumbs" Does everyone really need to know this? Do people without thumbs just figure they cannot drive because they don't have thumbs? I recently saw an article about a company pilot who has no hands; I sure hope he knows about this...
10-07-2014 | 07:40 PM
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Whoop-tie doo.
Maybe it was the Hazardous Materials or School Bus endorsements. Things changed a lot after September, 2011.
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10-07-2014 | 08:55 PM
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10-07-2014 | 09:11 PM
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I was looking for it today JNB. I have definitely seen it in black and white, and from and official source. It has been awhile since; though with a little more time, maybe tomorrow, I'll hopefully dig it up. Few years ago I even educated a big trucking school on this; they doubted it initially, but then were able to confirm it. I'll find it!
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