Basic Med Three Year Report Card Has It Worked? - AVweb

The FAA didn’t “demand” this report, Bob. The Senators who fought against BasicMed drove how it finally shook out. To gain their support, this requirement was drawn up. In fact, the Aeromed folks don’t have anything to do with BasicMed. The FAA was REQUIRED to provide this data as part of the agreement to put BasicMed into the 2016 FAA Reauthorization Bill.

But you ask a fair question. Now that this report shows that BasicMed didn’t impact safety … where is the data that shows that medical certificates do anything. Dead airline pilots in the pointy end of those big aluminum things show that they really don’t do anything.