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It's an Airspace Reservation from 4000 feet to FL250 from today until Feb 3, so I'm just trying to figure out what it is if anyone knows

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There's a huge TFR over a big part of the Florida peninsula until Feb 3rd. Anyone know what this is for?

Thank you. I was hoping to also hear the personal experience of pilots who have gone through this vs just the opinions of pilots reading the regs, and I was hoping to find such pilots in a pilot forum :) I am, of course, pursuing other avenues to get answers at the same time.

Absolutely, which is why I am asking my question about what the FAA would actually do in the situations I described.

These comments have been very helpful, so thank you all who have written responses here. I do get the sense, though, that we are all just offering our interpretations and speaking hypothetically rather than speaking from experience or citing actual cases. One of you wrote that the AOPA has...

But my open question is about what happens if you go basic med and then develop a subsequent condition requiring a new SI. I'm not arguing against your interpretation, I'm trying to figure out the basis for it

Again, I'm just reading the regs here. It's also odd to me that basic med allows pilots to get one six month SI medical, let it expire, and then be on basic med for the rest of their lives conceivably, but that is apparently the case.

I'm curious if that is your interpretation of the regs or if you are speaking from experience.

For sure, they will do whatever they will do, but the language in the circular is unusually clear: "The person is required to obtain only one special issuance medical certificate for each condition, and may subsequently operate under BasicMed." But this is why it would be useful to hear from...

One of my concerns with going the Basic Med route would be "what happens if I develop a second condition that would require me to get an SI" because I was wondering if I would have to renew my substance dependence SI as well as get a new SI for the new condition. It appears the answer is no...

Fwiw the FAA has itself, though, circulated a legal opinion which states that there's no basis for withdrawing an SI authorization after a pilot lets their 3rd class medical certificate expire and goes basic med instead. In fact, the opinion states that Congress's intent with basic med was to...

Thank you for this as this seems like the most logical approach to the situation. The regs imply that having an SI authorization withdrawn makes you ineligible for basic med, but what's unknown is whether the FAA "goes after" private pilots who are flying on basic med before their SI...

Fwiw, to date, the FAA has not been responsive to my AME's request for stepdown. Is it possible to get a paid one-time consult with you? I'm trying the weigh the pros and cons of maintaining my 3rd Class vs going basic med but a lot hinges on what would happen if I developed, say, a cardiac...

Thank you. I have long term sobriety and am active in AA, so I would have no concern with the documentation and the psychiatrist, but would a new cog screen/neuro-psychological exam also be required?

Very helpful, thank you. So if I go on basic med but then develop some completely new thing requiring a special issuance, I presumably would have to get that condition cleared AND provide the documentation to get cleared again for substance dependence, or would I just have to deal with the...

Would love to hear how it turns out! I was thinking perhaps the safest route is to wait for the SI Authorization AND the SI medical to expire and then go Basic Med.

I'm in HIMS. Can you recommend an expert - a lawyer, probably - who can look at my specific situation and give a second opinion to substantiate what my HIMS AME is suggesting (which is that having been issued several six month special issuance 3rd class medicals under a 5 year authorization, I...

Ah. I have an authorization that lasts five years allowing my AME to issue a 3rd class medical certificate valid for six months at a time. My AME is suggesting that I can let my current medical expire (I've been following the authorization for two years) and then just go on basic med...

When you let your third class medical expire, did you have an SI letter still in force?