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Last year I wrote the letters, made the phone calls, sent the emails, and donated $$, as many of you did in support of eliminating the 3rd class medical for private pilots. Now I'm reading from EAA and AOPA that...."hey, its a new congress, we sorta need to start all over again" with GAPA. last I heard (from Airventure) the FAA honcho promised something on the street by last November on their rule making version. we don't seem to know where that "effort" is cause its some deep dark national security concern. meanwhile, drone regulation has the fast track. did you see where FAA granted the Arizona real estate guy permission to fly his drone for commercial reasons as long as he had a private pilot's license and a 3rd class medical? I'm thinking that is the product of a local "off the reservation" FSDO but it begs the question.....aren't the feds going in the wrong direction on medical requirements? getting older and more cynical as this b.s. drags on. somebody give me some hope about this.
