Questions for the CFIs thread

[Banjo33]

Not sure why you would go out and pay for an FAA. The Doc told me he could give me the FAA phys I needed to go along with my mil comp ratings.

Because not all flight docs have the qual that allows them to issue the civ medical. As a matter of fact, few of them have this.

 

[Ducky]

Because not all flight docs have the qual that allows them to issue the civ medical. As a matter of fact, few of them have this.

Thanks for the info. Is that a qual they get through the Navy or do they have to go out to the civ world and get it?

 

[FlyinRock]

They have to get it thru the FAA medical section. Then they have to do renewals to keep it current. That is one reason the costs stay about $100 per physical and to buy the necessary test equipment like vision and hearing. If they do the EKG it has to be hooked up directly to the FAA in OKC, or at least that is what I've observed over the past 10 years or so.

 

[Gatordev]

The new bill that brought the Mil Comp CFII rule into effect was also supposed to allow your flight physical to count as a Class 3. Not sure if it made it w/ the Mil Comp, but if it does, no one is really sure about the "how" just yet.

 

[HuggyU2]

It did pass. I'll call my FSDO buddy and see if they've received their implementation info. If so, I'll post what I find out.

 

[GMK]

new FAR 61, effective October 20

The legalese version:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-19353.pdf


Easier to read summary, starting page 5. Revisions 13, 26, 41, 42, 70 might be of interest (and if you apply for Shuttle pilot: revision 72): http://img16.imageshack.us/i/farpart61141finalruleau.pdf/


Major change: military flight engineers can now apply that experience to the requirements for an ATP as civilian FEs have done all along.


EDIT: In the DFW area, Dr. Krass highly recommended:

http://flightphysical.com/addmap2.cgi?15922