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TIL about the medical certificate system for pilots. I guess I figured there must have been something in place, didn't realize it was a tiered system.
by pizza 8y ago
TIL about the medical certificate system for pilots. I guess I figured there must have been something in place, didn't realize it was a tiered system.
- sokoloff 8y agoThat article might lead a reader towards a wrong conclusion. A first-class medical is required for all air carrier operations. (That they bothered to report that both pilots had a "class 1" medical would be seen as odd to anyone in aviation.) In rough terms, second-class medicals are good for commercial but not air-carrier operations, and third-class medicals (or now, BasicMed) for private aviation.