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"BasicMed is the best thing to happen to general aviation in decades," said AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker. (Watch a video of Baker's remarks.) "By putting medical decisions in the hands of pilots and their doctors, instead of the FAA, these reforms will improve safety while reducing burdensome and ineffective bureaucracy that has thwarted participation in general aviation."
Under the reforms, pilots who have held a valid medical certificate any time in the decade prior to July 15, 2016, may not need to take another FAA medical exam. The 10-year look back period applies to both regular and special issuance medicals.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media...rd-class-medical-reform#.WHWBlIJCGoM.facebook
"BasicMed is the best thing to happen to general aviation in decades," said AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker. (Watch a video of Baker's remarks.) "By putting medical decisions in the hands of pilots and their doctors, instead of the FAA, these reforms will improve safety while reducing burdensome and ineffective bureaucracy that has thwarted participation in general aviation."
Under the reforms, pilots who have held a valid medical certificate any time in the decade prior to July 15, 2016, may not need to take another FAA medical exam. The 10-year look back period applies to both regular and special issuance medicals.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media...rd-class-medical-reform#.WHWBlIJCGoM.facebook