Podcast: How Much Wriggle Room Does The FAA Have On New Medical Regs?

While it’s true that the Third Class medical exemption has been signed into law, the FAA still has six months to a year to publish the final rules. Could the agency devise rules to negate the law’s effect? We hope not, but in this AirVenture podcast, we asked AOPA’s legislative VP,Jim Coon, about just how much slack the FAA has in rule making.