FAA REMOVES CHECK PILOT MEDICAL REQUIREMENT
July 24, 2024
On June 18, 2024, the FAA published a final rule removing certain requirements for check pilots to maintain medical certification. Check pilots and other check personnel are used to conduct flight checks and essential reviewing functions. This rule finalized relief initially proposed five years ago and “removes a requirement for check pilots, check flight engineers, and flight instructors to Part 135 and 121 operations to hold an FAA medical certificate when performing in-flight duties”. The FAA is making this change to expand the pool of available and otherwise qualified check pilots while also eliminating inconsistencies regarding the qualification requirements between “domestic, flag, and supplemental operations and flight instructors in commuter and on- demand operations.”
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