[Members] Fw: Breaking 3rd Class Medical News!!!!!!!!!!! Best thing since the wing...

[Larry.Bartlett at DuncanAviation.com]

not that the change to medical reform will affect our operations @ LSPC 
but
some of you may remember , our host - Congressman  Sam Graves at the 
Tarkio,  MO airport , when we did the '5 jumps in 5 States' a few years 


----- Forwarded by Larry Bartlett/Duncan Aviation on 07/08/2016 08:34 AM 
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From:   Harry Barr 




Subject: Breaking 3rd Class Medical News!!!!!!!!!!! 

Best thing since the wing...

All, one of our members just received this email from Sam Graves. Unless 
Obama drops dead of a heart attack or something equally as awful, sometime 
in the next 8 days he will sign the Bill into effect. Read Congressman Sam 
Grave's email. 

This will impact 100s of thousands of pilots with Medical Issues. 

FDA Foreflight Team
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Friends:
 
Today is a great day for general aviation. Many of us have been fighting 
for third class medical reform for well over 5 years and today with the 
introduction of the 14 month FAA extension in the House we are closer than 
ever to realizing our goal. This important provision has been my top 
priority in Congress and to Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster’s credit, 
he fought alongside myself, Senator Inhofe and Congressman Rokita to 
include this provision in the extension which will be signed by the 
President before the July 15th deadline. It is truly a testament to the 
grassroots support for third class medical reform from our community, the 
continual advocacy of the House General Aviation Caucus which now boasts 
284 members, and our GA industry leaders.
 
Aside from third class medical, this extension will keep the FAA programs 
operating through September 2017 and includes additional policy riders. 
For low altitude operators, such as crop dusters and helicopter pilots, a 
bipartisan provision which I pushed for to require the marking of 
meteorological towers below 200 feet was included in the bill. Also, there 
is an important policy change to how FAA hires air traffic controllers to 
help address the staffing crisis and ensure qualified candidates from the 
military and CTI schools are given fair consideration.
 
I look forward to celebrating this monumental achievement with all of you 
who will be at Oshkosh in a few short weeks. Despite these important 
victories, there is still more work to be done. You can count on me to 
continue to fight for policies that have not been included in this 
legislation as we debate a long term reauthorization of the FAA programs 
over the next year.
 
As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me 
or Jack Ruddy in my office at jack.ruddy at mail.house.gov.
 
Blue Skies,
 
 
Sam Graves
 
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