Comments on: How much certification do we really need? http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716 A place to discuss safety-of-flight issues, procedures, techniques, and judgment. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark McDaniel http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30768 Mark McDaniel Tue, 17 May 2011 22:46:35 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30768 Agree with Rod and Thomas: Defund and curtail the FAA. Medical certification are making pilots less healthy through fear of consequences of treatments. Certification expenses have left the certified fleet 30 years behind the experimental fleet. Thanks FAA for providing a lot of bureaucracy and expense while keeping us less safe.

]]> By: Thomas Trotter http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30765 Thomas Trotter Sat, 14 May 2011 16:48:04 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30765 Agree with Rod. Medical for VFR pilots, flying Aircraft, under 6,000 lbs, not for hire, is statisticly unsupported!!!! Fly bi-annual and let instructor/inspector do ther job. Defund the FAA!!!!!

]]> By: Rod http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30763 Rod Fri, 13 May 2011 13:52:19 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30763 Medical certification is an illusion and statistically completely unnecessary.

]]> By: Bruce Landsberg http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30761 Bruce Landsberg Fri, 13 May 2011 00:34:17 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30761 Thomas…. I try not to lead the witness. I always ( well mostly) have an opinion but there really are divergent views worthy of consideration. One of the good things about this blog ( if anything) is it provides a pulse on what others are thinking.

The civil discourse and opportunity weigh in on neutral ground is something that is sometimes in short supply in our over stimulated world.

]]> By: Thomas Boyle http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30760 Thomas Boyle Thu, 12 May 2011 12:34:43 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30760 Is the Pope Catholic?

Is it dark at night?

Are you really asking, or are you just afraid to say what you really think?

]]> By: Steve http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30758 Steve Wed, 11 May 2011 21:09:01 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30758 We need to get the FAA focused on things that matter. Most of their zeal is spent on “gotchas” that have nothing to do with real safety of flight.

]]> By: Bob Van Zant http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=1716&cpage=1#comment-30757 Bob Van Zant Wed, 11 May 2011 20:30:05 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=1716#comment-30757 I completely agree that certification costs are extremely high. The experimental market seems to have this figured out. They’ve got awesome toys on the cheap.

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