Any pilots? 3rd class medical exemption

[JB400]

For those interested in general aviation, are you open to having a 3rd class medical exemption, or would you prefer to leave things as is?

For those that don't know about it, here's a brief summary
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2011/October/27/Keep-flying-180-hp-one-passenger-drivers-license-medical

[AKcharger]

Hmmm Didn't hear about that, I don't have an issue. Only time I can think of a PP having medical conditions and causing trouble was Airport '75 when that guy had a heart attack and hit the 747 and Karen Black had to fly the plane...come to think of it she didn't have a medical

[John_Kunkel]

Anybody can "fly" a 747, it's the "landing" part that gets tricky. 

The link in the OP is 3 years old and, in typical government form, there's still no rule. Here's the latest on the rulemaking:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/April/02/FAA-announces-rulemaking-on-third-class-medical.aspx?CMP=ADV:1

[hemigeno]

My Dad got his private pilot's license around 1977, and later got his Instrument and Multi-engine ratings.  He still loves flying, but had to give it up in the early 1990's -- unless another licensed pilot was with him -- once he went on hypertension medicine and as a result couldn't pass the physical.

Personally, I have no problem with the medical exemption under the listed criteria (non-commercial, VFR, <250 knots, 5 or fewer passengers).  If that exemption bill is signed into law, Dad might be back in the skies once again. 

Thanks for the link.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVq4_HhBK8Y

[troy.70R/T]

Id be open to that. I have not flew in about 15 years and I really wish I had kept up with it.  o well just another regret.