Moving from Class III to Class II with SI?

Matthew

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Current situation:
Class III, >40 yrs old
SI for sleep apnea

Annually, in the Fall I see my PCP, get my annual CPAP report, get my annual status report, and then see my AME. On odd years I turn in that documentation and
get another annual renewal, and on even years I turn in that documentation plus I get a Class III exam and get everything renewed.

Here are the questions:

If I get a Class II, I’m assuming there’s a whole new exam involved. But what about my SI, and annual reports? Do I need a fresh annual machine report and status report from my PCP? Or is the SI 12 month period still alive? For example: I
say I get my Class III renewed in the Fall. Then I decide to get a Class II the following Summer. I’ll need a Class II exam, but my annual reports are now, say 6-9 months old. Will I need another set in order to start fresh with another SI? Will my new Class II only be good for the remaining 3-6 months? Or will I need to get a whole new 6 year SI authorization?
 
(cough)basicmed(cough)

I don’t know for sure, but I would suspect that your current report would still be valid but from a practical standpoint, you would want to sync them up again.

Is the SI good for 6 years? I figured it would renew with each flight physical.

To be honest, I am totally ignorant on this subject.
 
Greg Bockelman said:
(cough)basicmed(cough)

I don’t know for sure, but I would suspect that your current report would still be valid but from a practical standpoint, you would want to sync them up again.

Is the SI good for 6 years? I figured it would renew with each flight physical.

To be honest, I am totally ignorant on this subject.
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*cough*

The SI Authorization letter is good for 6 years - I think I still have 4 years left on it. But that letter says I need to renew the SI annually.

What I *think* happens - I get the SI renewed at my Class III or on the SI annual expiration month. Then if I do get a Class II, that SI is still in effect until it expires after 12 months and I need it renewed again. But then I'm staggered; the Class II needs renewing on one 12-month schedule and the SI would need renewing on a different 12 month schedule. So yeah, for sanity, I'd have to sync them up so I can get them both handled at the same time.
 
Lindberg said:
Just get a Class II this Fall. Why not?
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That's not a bad idea, it still reverts to Class III privileges after 12 months, doesn't it? (Too bad I didn't consider any of this until after I renewed that Class III.)

As far as I can tell, the only difference in the exam is the vision requirements.
 
Matthew said:
Because chicks dig it?


(Just considering options.)
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They dig BasicMed, too. Can’t answer on upgrading with a current SI but if you don’t keep a medical certificate active while on BasicMed, then applying for a new medical would be starting over with the initial issuance SI requirements.
 
TCABM said:
They dig BasicMed, too. Can’t answer on upgrading with a current SI but if you don’t keep a medical certificate active while on BasicMed, then applying for a new medical would be starting over with the initial issuance SI requirements.
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Thanks. I already checked into that scenario: going Basic Med, not maintaining the SI, then returning back to a medical. I think, as long as the 6 year authorization hasn’t expired I just need to re-meet the normal annual requirements to get back on track.
 
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