Pilot medicals are in the news again, with a proposal by EAA and AOPA to let more pilots use a driver’s license for their medical. But is the whole medical certificate process flawed, asks Richard Collins in The Great Debate at the Air Facts Journal. He wants your opinion here.
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Few will be honest when it comes to a license, pilot or drivers. Set the rules than assume worst case. Doctor’s determine whether you pass a flight physical and they (supposedly) also determine when your health won’t permit you to drive a vehicle or fly a simple aircraft. It should be a requirement for doctor’s to report health problems that affect safe operation of vehicles of any kind.Â