First Class Medical
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TheFlyingTurkey
Fetus Worshiper
You'll need a first class at a regional, so get it now, so you know your good to go.
The Turk.
The Turk.
Visceral
Well-Known Member
Thats just it though. Not everyone who goes to Flight Safety wants to go to a regional or major is what I'm assuming. And you can fly as a commercial pilot with a 2nd class medical for a year.
If you can pass a 2nd class, and are under 35, you essentially have in your hands a 1st class...that's what the local medical examiner told me, since you don't get the EKG until you hit 35. I called the number he gave me at the FAA for medical certificates, and they confirmed it all. /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif
You are right...the cost difference is minimal, but I just got a 2nd class recently, and it would have been a pain to go back 2 months later to up it. I don't have to now though.
If you can pass a 2nd class, and are under 35, you essentially have in your hands a 1st class...that's what the local medical examiner told me, since you don't get the EKG until you hit 35. I called the number he gave me at the FAA for medical certificates, and they confirmed it all. /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif
You are right...the cost difference is minimal, but I just got a 2nd class recently, and it would have been a pain to go back 2 months later to up it. I don't have to now though.
Visceral,
"but I just got a 2nd class recently, and it would have been a pain to go back 2 months later to up it. I don't have to now though."
Granted it would be a pain, but since your physical is current, all they would require for the upgrade, would be a formality in the paperwork. I doubt it, if they would require you, to do the physical all over again.
I would imagine, that all of the (Part 121 and 135) operators are requiring a 1st class physical, so you might as well take of it now, and you not worry about it later. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif
Best Regards,
Heat2151
"but I just got a 2nd class recently, and it would have been a pain to go back 2 months later to up it. I don't have to now though."
Granted it would be a pain, but since your physical is current, all they would require for the upgrade, would be a formality in the paperwork. I doubt it, if they would require you, to do the physical all over again.
I would imagine, that all of the (Part 121 and 135) operators are requiring a 1st class physical, so you might as well take of it now, and you not worry about it later. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif
Best Regards,
Heat2151
dlmob,
Depending on the AME, a 1st class physical could run any where between $80 and $100.
Try this site for the local AME near you.
http://www.flightinfo.com/examiner.htm
Best Regards,
Heat2151
Depending on the AME, a 1st class physical could run any where between $80 and $100.
Try this site for the local AME near you.
http://www.flightinfo.com/examiner.htm
Best Regards,
Heat2151
TheFlyingTurkey
Fetus Worshiper
$65 for me too, down in Fort Lauderdale.
The Turk.
The Turk.
FreeWillie
New Member
It aint' cheap over on the other coast either. I paid $85 for mine about a month ago here in California.
