Re: Medical Reform Legislation introduced to House and Senat
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:21 pm
"Please tell me one instance in the last 25 years, where government reduced regulatory red tape, eliminated or reduced fees or willing ceded authority over anything."
Well, we can all feel that way at times but it's a silly notion on a moment's reflection. Just google 'reduced federal fees', for example. Or consider that the EU holds a popular annual competition for identifying the best ways to cut red tape or - to bring it closer to the thread's topic - the extension of Class 1 and Class 3 medical certificates in 2008 to five years for those under 40. A personal example is that the aviation charity I work for (Recreational Aviation Foundation - www.theraf.org) has now signed MOU's with our two largest public land managers: the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. These require in part that their district land managers set policies providing access to their lands by aircraft and establishes recreational aviation as a legitimate means of accessing these recreational lands. Those aviation access privileges have never been recognized before by either agency and, to give a perspective on its reach, USFS and BLM manage between them public lands equivalent in size to 23 states.
"I swear it seems that every thing I read says it's either almost a slam dunk or a no way pipe dream."
Boy, is that true! Just google 'third class medical reform' and read the excerpt titles to view how the pendulum swings back 'n forth.
BTW and WRT flying LSA's on something other than auto fuel or 100LL, I listened to the interview with one of the SwiftFuel's principals today; it's available on AVweb if the website is fully functional again. Their distribution plans apparently will focus on where the demand for alternatives to both those fuels is highest, supposedly the SE, NE and Western parts of the country. And for those who fly certified aircraft and are allowed by STC to use auto gas, that STC does not apply to SwiftFuel's 94 octane since it's an aviation fuel. How far this new fuel will reach in the next flying season is anyone's guess, I suspect.
Well, we can all feel that way at times but it's a silly notion on a moment's reflection. Just google 'reduced federal fees', for example. Or consider that the EU holds a popular annual competition for identifying the best ways to cut red tape or - to bring it closer to the thread's topic - the extension of Class 1 and Class 3 medical certificates in 2008 to five years for those under 40. A personal example is that the aviation charity I work for (Recreational Aviation Foundation - www.theraf.org) has now signed MOU's with our two largest public land managers: the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. These require in part that their district land managers set policies providing access to their lands by aircraft and establishes recreational aviation as a legitimate means of accessing these recreational lands. Those aviation access privileges have never been recognized before by either agency and, to give a perspective on its reach, USFS and BLM manage between them public lands equivalent in size to 23 states.
"I swear it seems that every thing I read says it's either almost a slam dunk or a no way pipe dream."
Boy, is that true! Just google 'third class medical reform' and read the excerpt titles to view how the pendulum swings back 'n forth.
BTW and WRT flying LSA's on something other than auto fuel or 100LL, I listened to the interview with one of the SwiftFuel's principals today; it's available on AVweb if the website is fully functional again. Their distribution plans apparently will focus on where the demand for alternatives to both those fuels is highest, supposedly the SE, NE and Western parts of the country. And for those who fly certified aircraft and are allowed by STC to use auto gas, that STC does not apply to SwiftFuel's 94 octane since it's an aviation fuel. How far this new fuel will reach in the next flying season is anyone's guess, I suspect.