The Third-Class medical exemption is now a reality, marking the biggest aeromedical regulatory shift in decades and eliminating a "stifling regulation" with no measurable effect on safety. The author, ...

The FAA's sport pilot certificate, established over six years ago, allows pilots to fly using only a U.S. driver's license (without a separate medical certificate) and has experienced zero documented ...

WICHITA – A bill that would allow thousands of pilots to fly recreationally without having a third-class medical certificate is a major issue with the general aviation crowd, said Jack Pelton, ...

The FAA has proposed a rule published in the Federal Register to exempt military pilot trainees from the requirement to hold an FAA third-class medical certificate, provided they already meet U.S.