{"id":25190,"date":"2023-03-27T19:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25190"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:24:46","slug":"faa-report-validates-safety-of-basic-med-for-private-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-report-validates-safety-of-basic-med-for-private-pilots\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Report Validates Safety of Basic Med for Private Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report mandated by\nCongress determined that the BasicMed program is safe. The FAA reviewed data\nover a three-year period for the report (\u201cEffects of Regulatory Changes to Medical\nCertification for Certain Small Aircraft Pilots\u201d), dated March 10, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BasicMed was the result of a dedicated effort by AOPA and\nkey allies in Congress to bring about much-needed third-class medical reform.\nNearly 80,000 pilots have qualified to fly under BasicMed since it was enacted\nin 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe FAA\u2019s report to Congress confirms what we have known for years: BasicMed<\/a> works and BasicMed pilots remain safe pilots,\u201d said AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker. \u201cWe have just gone through the safest three to four years in general aviation history. The FAA recently expanded the BasicMed program to include safety pilots; nations such as Mexico, The Bahamas, and other Caribbean countries accept U.S. pilots flying with BasicMed; and I strongly believe the program will continue to grow and expand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study team included representatives from the FAA\u2019s\nFlight Standards Service, the Office of Aerospace Medicine, and the Office of\nAccident Investigation and Prevention, and found no differences in safety when\ncomparing BasicMed to the longstanding third-class medical that general\naviation pilots are required to obtain for a private pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, \u201cNo difference was found in the\nrisk of BasicMed and third-class airmen having an aviation accident from the\nstart of BasicMed in 2017 through the end of 2019. No difference was found\nbetween accident involved BasicMed and third-class airmen in the phase of\nflight in which their accident occurred. No difference was found between\naccident involved BasicMed and third-class airmen in fatal versus non-fatal\noutcomes. No difference was found between fatally injured BasicMed and\nthird-class airmen in autopsy findings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of individuals holding a private or student pilot\ncertificate in the United States has climbed from 584,000 in 2016 to nearly\n757,000 today, a 30 percent increase. According to the FAA, private pilots\naccount for more than 26 million safe flying hours annually, which represents\nmore than 30 million takeoffs and landings each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the FAA report, the total number of aircraft\nhours flown by pilots under BasicMed increased from over 15 million in 2017,\nthe year FAA implemented BasicMed, to over 16 million in 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute<\/a> has reported that the overall GA accident rate, based on National Transportation Safety Board data, including BasicMed pilots, is at its lowest level in decades, and continuing to drop every year since the 1990s. The general aviation community has never had a stronger focus on safety, and the U.S. airspace continues to be the safest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilots using BasicMed must successfully complete an FAA\napproved online medical education course every other year while they are\nflying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AOPA houses many of the resources pilots need to better\nunderstand the requirements of BasicMed (aopa.org\/basicmed), including those to\ndetermine eligibility, the medical exam checklist that needs to be reviewed by\na pilot and physician, a BasicMed physician finder, an online medical education\ncourse, and instructions on how to file the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AOPA’s website also provides aviators with engaging and\ninformative videos about BasicMed, as well as helpful FAQs for pilots and\nphysicians. The online course and educational materials cover such topics as\nhealth self-assessment, when to see a doctor, conditions that may require a\ncloser look, and how to use diet and exercise to stay sharp for the flight deck\nand in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report mandated by Congress determined that the BasicMed program is safe. The FAA reviewed data over a three-year period for the report (\u201cEffects of Regulatory Changes to Medical Certification for Certain Small Aircraft Pilots\u201d), dated March 10, 2023. BasicMed was the result of a dedicated effort by AOPA and key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25191,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190\/revisions\/25191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}