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### We , as mem bers o f the 

### Aircraft Ownen and.Pilota Alsociation Medical 

### Advisory 

### Board. arc 

### writina to 

### request the 

### Departm en t o f Transporta ti o n and 

### th e Office o f Manqement 

### and Budget to 

### expedite**~ ~~~~~~** **lSri~~ p~** **. ~~A** 

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### Rulemaking on tbird-claas medical certification reform. · '



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### interval of two to 

### fiye years between third 

### cl188 medical exams, 

### every pilot self certifies tJVery



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_ _ orfallttis'llifelo tly. 

## Moat private pilot& receive third 

### class certification based upon cursory 

### •Wiklmlil'llatfObScbttclu'cted by 

### doctors who 

### often have only the 

### limited history 

### and clinical



### .**·** 

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### MedXpress online applications system. Many 

### AME's are not

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### rarely the 

### pilot's primary care physician

. The 

### complicated and confusing
nature of the FAA's 

### medical application, 

### coupled with the potential for the 

### costly and 

### time consuming delays that 

### can occur when the FAA requira 

### additional information for conditions when reported, combine in many in.stam:es, to keep pilots from pursuing 

### their freedom to fly.



### What the 

### aviation community really 

### needs is a systan that educates pilots 

### about maintaining their medical 

### health and provides them with information needed to 

### continually self-assess their fitness prior to every 

### flight This 

### system should encourage open and 

### honest information exchange with the pilot's long-time treating personal physician-something 

### the current system discourages.



### The FAA 

### recogoiz,ed these issuca 

### more than 10 

### years 

### ago with the 

### implementation of the 

### Sport Pilot Rule. ThoU88Dds of pilots safely flying 

### without a third claaa medical siMe, clearly shows 

### the FAA's decision was cmrect.
Expanding this succesaful standard 

### will not only save the 

### federal government and general aviation pilota 

### millions of doUara eacll year, it will also improve 

### safety, and foster 

### a more open dialogue 

### with pilotl and



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- 141 00 1-0 1 0 AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION

### Secretary Foxx, Director Donovan September 24, 2014 Pa&e2

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their**~nal .**  physicians. 

### A combination 

### of Qducation,**self-uaessmcn~ ~d**  

### recurrent trajning 

### baa, and will 

### continue to 

### msure 

### medical safety 

### in 

### the skies.
, , .

In our opinion, reforming 

### the third-class medical certification process would save pilots and the 

### FAA time,**reso~** and money 

### that oould be reinvested in ways 

### that do much more to enhance safety, including 

### increaaed proficiency flying 

### and installing advanced safety 

### equipment in 

### aircraft.

We appreciate 

### your time 

### and 

### couidcntion and apin 

### urp you to complete these departmental reviews within the 

### next 30 days. 

### Pleue do not 

### holitate to 

### '*I on ua if you 

### would like to diiCUIS Nrther.

Sincerely



### Members of the 

### AOPA Medical Advisory Board



### Brent Blue, MD SeniorAME 

### DABEM, DABFP



### Ian Blair Fries, M.D. 

### Senior FAA (HIMS) AME AlA Aviation Medicine, Inc.

J. 

### M. Sackier, MB, ChB, FRCS, FACS Author of"Fiy Well" column in AOPA Pilot & Electronic Newsletter Visiting 

### Professor of Surgery, 

### Oxford University



# s 1 0-141 00 1-0 1 0 WarrenS. Silberman, D.O., MPH, FAOCOPM, 

### FeASMA, FeCAMA, FACOI Aviation Certification Services, LLD 

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Richard W. Sloan, MD, RPh President Flying Physician Association Senior Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) Colonel, P AANG, FS/MC, RetAIWt;WAt-T OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION
421 Aviation Way F r ederick, Ma r yland 21701



# s 1 0-141 00 1-0 10 The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary
, Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue Washington, DC 20590**~-'** 

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