AOPA/EAA original 2012 medical petition question

[N918KT]

Just curious, but now that 3rd class medical reform has passed, is it possible that AOPA and EAA could try to include their original 2012 medical petition (Day VFR, 180 HP, etc) into legislation? Something like a middle level between the Sport Pilot DL medical and PBOR2?

 

[flyingron]

It's not at all likely that this will happen for two reasons.

1. That proposal was deep sixed in the regulatory process by someone (my money is on the AMA) at the DOT level. Nothing has changed in the political climate that is going to change that.

2. In the "be careful what you wish for" department the newly past LAW presents a problem. The law as it was amended in the process establishes what congress asserts is now the minimum standards for private pilots. You're going to have an extremely different time on a purely regulatory change to decrease the requirements spelled out in the law.

While the FAA can probably get quite liberal around the fringe of the provisions of the enacted law, the stuff that appears in the law is effectively cast in stone.

 

[frfly172]

The new regulations are freindly to most pilots,if you can't meet the requirements,are you sure you want to be flying more powerful airplanes. No medical most people are happy with the sport pilot rules.

 

[N918KT]

The new regulations are freindly to most pilots,if you can't meet the requirements,are you sure you want to be flying more powerful airplanes. No medical most people are happy with the sport pilot rules.

I would still be happy to fly under the sport pilot rules. It's just like all wannabe sport pilots, not a lot of flight schools do sport pilot training nor have a LSA available for sport pilot training. Maybe Congress should push for legislation to make more flight schools include sport pilot training into their curriculum, lol. Other than that, I don't know how sport pilot is going to grow.