FAA Drops Controversial Medical Denial Proposal

In a welcomed move from the aviation community, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it will not implement a controversial plan to deny medical certifications for incomplete applications.


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In a welcomed move from the aviation community,

Welcomed or not, the move came from the FAA, not from the community. I think what you meant was:

In a move welcomed by the aviation community, […]

[The grammar police never sleep . . .]

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Grammar Police, thank you for your service! Remember, lives can be lost by improper grammar, even by simple punctuation errors. Consider “Let’s eat, grandma!” vs. “Let’s eat grandma!”

Caution for the writing also. “eat gramma” may have a different meaning, not very adequate.

The (semi)annual medical exam requires us to list three years of medical history. Has anyone suggested that the FAA simply save the forms from year to year so we only need to list one year?
Or are they checking to see if we forget something?

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