Originally Posted by
Top_Gunn
I know that: But you claimed that the requirements about not having had your medical suspended or revoked and not having failed your last medical applied to people who were using a medical, rather than a driver's license. That isn't true. It isn't true for two reasons. First, that's what the brochure (which just restates the law) says, as plainly as English can be written, and the fact that some of the sentences use the word "if" doesn't change that. Second, it would be ridiculous to say that people with a current medical can't use that medical if it was suspended or revoked or if they didn't get it. Those people don't have a current medical, so why would we need additional rules to prevent them from using a medical that they don't have to get a sport pilot certificate?
I made a mistake in one of my earlier posts, and I admitted it. Are you really committed to the idea that the rules about medicals being revoked, etc. don't apply to people who are using a drivers license instead of a medical, or are you just desperately trying to conceal the fact that what you said was wrong?
Well, you are reading far more complexity into the sport pilot requirements that anybody else. The EAA believes the same thing that I believe.
https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation-...-a-sport-pilot
And they ought to know, that is their business, selling recreational full scale aviation to the masses.
Here is what they are selling at the EAA:
[h=1]Become a Sport Pilot[/h] If you are an aviation enthusiast seeking your first pilot certificate, the sport pilot certificate provides one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to fly for fun and recreation. You can think of it as a sort of middle-ground between becoming an ultralight pilot and a full-fledged private pilot.
Here is the key medical step to earning your ticket as the EAA understands it:
- Hold a current and valid U.S. driver’s license as evidence of medical eligibility (provided the FAA didn’t deny, revoke, or suspend your last medical certificate application). Alternatively, you can also use a third class airman’s medical to establish medical fitness.