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You're not wrong about relative risk of distracted drivers. That's not the FAAs problem, though, and I don't think that they will change their view of pilot risk where no medical evaluation has been performed.

The rules make it appear that they don't want anyone flying at higher altitudes without a medical of some sort. I don't think it has anything to do with the cert level, it's about the medical. In the case of the Bravo overflight, consider that you are putting that plane directly over a...

It would not surprise me if they are intentionally disallowing that option for SP.

What are they wanting from you? How many hours in type? Recurrent training?

Yeah, but you have to deal with that DC area SFRA...

"Left-sigma" means statistical outliers on the low end of the performance curve, i.e., more than one standard deviation below the norm.

Were you referring to the changes to BasicMed operations? I think that was supposed to be in effect by mid-November 2024, i.e., 6 months after it was passed by Congress.

Yeah, agreed - the Porsche model applied to a plane.....but at their current rate of progress I'll be in a retirement home before they get one flying. I also have zero reason to believe that they can deliver that kit for the $200K stated on their website. Meanwhile, there's JMB, and they're...

Good point, maybe, BUT: If you pull into an urban public multi-story garage and park in an empty marked spot that doesn’t have any signage or notice of fees, nor any sort of access gate, tickets or payment system, do you expect to have your bank account debited for a parking fee that you had no...

So, do I understand correctly that you believe that BasicMed should allow full PPL privileges for any and all ratings and endorsements, just as Class 3 does today?

Even better if you could charge $40 for a minivan, $100 for a Corvette, and $400 for a Porsche or delivery truck.

A few years ago a friend of mine (former colleague) who is an environmental scientist showed me the environmental study comparison between a new natural gas turbine plant and a hydroelectric dam project. The hydro project created emissions and environmental damage that was roughly double that...

Margin seems like a self-correcting problem. If 100LL is banned, price of UL will adjust to restore margin. The same is true for licensing fees; if 100LL is banned, any fees will get rolled into the price to even out the margin. If any of the fees are truly excessive, then a different...

Slightly off-topic, but this brings a question to mind: I've seen a lot of data quoted talking about the 200-500 hour PPL "danger zone" where pilots are more likely to be involved in an accident. I also see a reasonable number of accident reports that involve very high-time experienced pilots...

There is an approved alternative. The STC is available today for any and all FAA-certified piston aircraft.

"Officer, I got the bill for my insurance renewal yesterday. I didn't crash the plane, I abandoned it."

Back to the OP topic - What's the real underlying objection to running unleaded fuel? We know that it exists and can be produced. We know that it can be safely run in every GA piston plane in the US. We know that it runs cleaner than 100LL, and likely reduces maintenance costs and plug...

Thanks - that's the point I was trying to get at with my earlier question. I had a doc a few years back who refused to sign off on my racing license without running a treadmill stress test, and it's also part of our basic annual exec physical, as is a complete blood screening panel. That's...

Not trolling - I was looking for some serious examples. Are you saying that people are going to basicmed so that they can intentionally continue to fly with disqualifying conditions? Wouldn't this mean that they are convincing a non-AME doc to sign off without following the rules? Seriously...

Can you give some examples? In all seriousness, having been through executive physicals, SCCA licensing physicals, and a Class 3, I would say that the Class 3 is the least intrusive of them all. Heck, my company's annual exec physical is more involved than a Class 1 (if I read the Class 1...