Podcast: Still Many Questions About Third-Class Medical Implementation

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Key Takeaways:

  • The Third Class medical exemption has passed and was signed into law.
  • However, its benefits for pilots with special medical issuances are still uncertain, with many questions unresolved.
  • Senior Aviation Medical Examiner Ian Blair Fries discusses these ambiguities in an accompanying podcast.
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The long-awaited Third Class medical exemption finally passed and was signed into law by the president last week. However, as you’ll learn in this podcast with senior Aviation Medical Examiner Ian Blair Fries, for pilots with special issuances, there are still many more questions to be resolved before we know how the new law will benefit pilots worried about their medicals.

Duration: 7:02

File Size: 6.8 MB download here

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