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PREFLIGHT ASK AOPA
BY CRAIG BROWN
Q: A new-to-our-school student pilot
came into the flight school recently and,
upon checking his credentials, I noted he
was flying under BasicMed. Can student
pilots qualify for and fly under BasicMed?
NEW STUDENT,
NEW MEDICAL
HOW A STUDENT PILOT
CAN QUALIFY FOR
AND FLY UNDER BASICMED
A: Yes, they can. But there is a caveat that
goes along with that. Assume someone
who has never touched the controls of an
aircraft walks into your school and wants
to learn to fly. You give them the usual
spiel about times, costs, requirements,
and other considerations. This person
cannot solo using BasicMed; unless he
or she is flying under sport pilot regulations, the student must obtain a medical
certificate (any class is fine) prior to solo.
The reason is that since there is no established medical history with the FAA, a
new student pilot must first begin with
a medical certificate. Now, if two years
later, this 44-year-old student pilot is
still plugging away at earning the private
pilot certificate, the medical is about to
expire. There are two options to continue: Obtain a new medical certificate or
qualify for and fly under BasicMed.
Since the student pilot successfully
passed the first medical exam and held
a medical for two years, the student is
qualified to fly under the privileges of
BasicMed. He or she would need to take
a physical with a state-licensed doctor
and then pass AOPA's online medical selfassessment course. Obviously, a student
pilot who starts and completes training
in, say, a year, will likely do that entirely
under the privileges of a medical certificate. That person does not need to think
about BasicMed-yet.
aopa.org/basicmed
CRAIG BROWN is a senior aviation technical
specialist in the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
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