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The upshot now is that the FAA is going to have to publicly nail some hides to the wall.

no, they disclosed who gets disability payments & percentage, which is not HIPPA protected. In fact, it is public information, like DD-214s & pay information. What is new is the FAA using NOSQL to interface with the VA’S database. The offense the FAA is investigating is the fact that they...

the problem is failure to disclose, not the medical condition.

The number of airline pilots was a bit disturbing. I don’t know they need to propose a solution, just shine a light.

it is important to remember that the question on the FAA medical form is about whether or not one is receiving disability benefits of any type, not whether those conditions are disqualifying. So the issue is failure to reveal, not the actual condition. OKC did a sweep of state & ncic databases...

Article pulled from behind firewall. 5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying. we've known about this for awhile. Now it’s in the news. Only defense I have for Vets is that the system is set up to be easy to get the VA disability noted while you’re in. But...

I imagine a lot has to do with head pressure. There is a lot of “free” pressure when you lift that much gas above your head in a Cessna, even if the engine driven pump gives up. In fact, the 150s & 172s I trained in did not have fuel pumps at all (engine driven or electric boost) & were plumbed...

Exactly what I do.

airplanes like the 172 are pretty noisy inside, even when the engine stops. Too much drag, lots of whistling. Doubt you’d get the effect you’d want. Trevor Jacob had to work pretty hard to get his prop to stop windmilling. that was for dramatic effect For his vid. You making a vid?

A lot learn from bad experiences, but their embarrassment is frequently short-lived, just the short time between going inverted until they auger in. And a lot learn the wrong lesson from getting away with some dubious flying. OTOH, this is an endeavor where you have to continually push at the...

Kinda a moot point. I built a LSA. and I’m having a blast.

https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/medical-resources/airman-medical-certification There are many questions on the form like “have you ever” that have caused problems because the FAA has started joining databases with states, the VA, DOT, etc. A lot of pilots got caught fibbing When the databases...

Good luck. But remember, a lot of us here thought the same way as you…until we were bushwhacked by an AME. never as the FAA a question…

About a decade.

All good options. There is only one caution, the medical. Sport Pilots can fly on a valid state DL as a medical. However, you can do that only if you haven’t been denied a 3rd Class Medical. if you have been denied, then you only have two choices: Not fly. 2. Slog your way through the time...

Monocular pilots can get a 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class (including those with binocular vision but with one eye at >20/200 corrected counted as monocular). Strangely, as I read the guidance for AMEs, the fate of those with one eye 20/40 to 20/200 corrected, are kinda nebulous. a twist of the med regs...

Aren’t you glad you asked?

Your situation is not uncommon. I assume your instructor offered to let you solo instead of sending you out to solo. Some of us need a little push, we must be sent. Tell your instructor to, sometime in the next couple of lessons, just have you pull over on the taxiway & “step out.” “Give me...

Just spitballing, but i Imagine that the City or County has leased an exclusive concession to the FBO in exchange for the FBO taking care of the property, etc. in the spirit of reducing government & removing employees from the public payroll. I’ve been told the private sector is the answer...

I was thinking about planes like the Jabaru, in particular. the J is sold as an LSA in the US but a 3 place plane in Australia. For the US market they took the backseat out, which leaves a baggage area big enough to sublet as an apartment.