What will change for YOU if the medical changes go through?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:48 am
If the EAA/AOPA proposal to change the 3rd Class medical goes through what changes will it mean to you and your flying activities?
For ME…if I was renting, then one school which has, in addition to a CC Sport Cub and 2 Remos GX (LSAs), an Archer , 150 and 172 it would simply mean that I could now fly them as well as the LSAs. Ho hum.
It would mean that more local schools with the traditional Cessna/Piper planes would now be available. They're still pretty old planes.
It would mean that the local flying clubs which exclusively have the older Cessna/Pipers would now be available.
To own, instead of rent, there is nothing that I could remotely afford in the way of Cessna/Piper/Mooney etc. I would be extremely leery of buying a 30+ year old 'traditional' airplane, especially ex-flight school, although I realise that there are some nice planes out there if you look hard enough.
To own I'd still have to look at the LSA market, where I just chose an airplane to buy. The top end LSAs, though marvelous airplanes, are mostly over priced, over equipped, and worse, over-weight models when compared to some of the more basic models.
Cost of flying is still going to be king…insurance, fuel, maintenance, airplane payments, are all going to be factored in. Of course getting folks out to the airport to actually fly the planes that have been sitting idle for so long is a very good thing.
For ME, if it happened tomorrow and I didn't own, I'd say that there isn't much out there that would make me leap for joy and punch the air in anticipated excitement. My two closest airports…one has no flight school or rentals, one has a flying club with only the 150/172s being most affordable, and there are no newer LSA types. No newer planes of any kind. The third airport, where I flew a Remos, would allow me to fly their 150/172. A fourth still has a C162 which I flew.
What will happen to the Sport Pilot area of flying? How many here will drop that and move off to the bigger airplanes their lack of medical denied them?
What will attract new customers to the idea of learning to fly, fly for fun or to persue a career path? Will a school be able to do it using existing facilities and older planes, or will they have difficulty competing with perhaps a newer concept of the mega-school which can offer brand new 172s and Archers but are more regional than local?
If I had a son/daughter who wanted to peruse a career in flying , and wasn't going into the military, I'd suggest a big FL/AZ/TX school for all the licenses and ratings rather than doing it hour by hour at the local field.
Just curious….all the talk is ABOUT the change but I've not seen too much talk about WHAT it will mean for those who have the 3rd Class medical obstacle removed, if in fact it is. Any ideas?
For ME…if I was renting, then one school which has, in addition to a CC Sport Cub and 2 Remos GX (LSAs), an Archer , 150 and 172 it would simply mean that I could now fly them as well as the LSAs. Ho hum.
It would mean that more local schools with the traditional Cessna/Piper planes would now be available. They're still pretty old planes.
It would mean that the local flying clubs which exclusively have the older Cessna/Pipers would now be available.
To own, instead of rent, there is nothing that I could remotely afford in the way of Cessna/Piper/Mooney etc. I would be extremely leery of buying a 30+ year old 'traditional' airplane, especially ex-flight school, although I realise that there are some nice planes out there if you look hard enough.
To own I'd still have to look at the LSA market, where I just chose an airplane to buy. The top end LSAs, though marvelous airplanes, are mostly over priced, over equipped, and worse, over-weight models when compared to some of the more basic models.
Cost of flying is still going to be king…insurance, fuel, maintenance, airplane payments, are all going to be factored in. Of course getting folks out to the airport to actually fly the planes that have been sitting idle for so long is a very good thing.
For ME, if it happened tomorrow and I didn't own, I'd say that there isn't much out there that would make me leap for joy and punch the air in anticipated excitement. My two closest airports…one has no flight school or rentals, one has a flying club with only the 150/172s being most affordable, and there are no newer LSA types. No newer planes of any kind. The third airport, where I flew a Remos, would allow me to fly their 150/172. A fourth still has a C162 which I flew.
What will happen to the Sport Pilot area of flying? How many here will drop that and move off to the bigger airplanes their lack of medical denied them?
What will attract new customers to the idea of learning to fly, fly for fun or to persue a career path? Will a school be able to do it using existing facilities and older planes, or will they have difficulty competing with perhaps a newer concept of the mega-school which can offer brand new 172s and Archers but are more regional than local?
If I had a son/daughter who wanted to peruse a career in flying , and wasn't going into the military, I'd suggest a big FL/AZ/TX school for all the licenses and ratings rather than doing it hour by hour at the local field.
Just curious….all the talk is ABOUT the change but I've not seen too much talk about WHAT it will mean for those who have the 3rd Class medical obstacle removed, if in fact it is. Any ideas?