Understanding the DUI Reporting Requirements for Pilots is important for any pilot with a prior DUI arrest. There are 2 important reporting requirements that the pilot may need to disclose. The first is found at FAR 61.15, which requires a pilot to report a “motor vehicle action.” The second is in disclosing a DUI arrest […]
FAA Releases BasicMed Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist
The FAA on April 24 released the official BasicMed Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist that pilots who wish to fly under BasicMed need to fill out and have completed by the state-licensed physician performing the medical examination. The agency also published a link to AOPA’s Medical Self-Assessment: A Pilot’s Guide to Flying Healthy online aeromedical course […]
Inhofe Introduces Fairness for Pilots Act
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus; and certified flight instructor with more than 11,000 flight hours, today introduced S. 755, the Fairness for Pilots Act, which broadens protections for general aviation pilots provided by Inhofe’s Pilot’s Bill of Rights, which was […]
Demand for pilots prompts VU to add aviation program
An increasing demand for pilots in the commercial sector coupled with a desire to expand its curriculum have prompted Valparaiso University’s College of Business to add an aviation program to start in the fall of 2017. VU will partner with Eagle Aircraft, based at the Porter County Regional Airport, to offer varying levels certification for […]
Press Release: “FAA Emergency Revokes Pilot’s License For Flying 7 Pound Drone. But Was FAA’s Revocation Legal?”
“A precedent-setting FAA enforcement case is being fought before a National Transportation Safety Board administrative law judge over the emergency revocation of private pilot Ralph Rebaya for his allegedly improper commercial operation of a 7 pound drone. Until the FAA’s newly announced small UAS rules go into effect in August, a commercial drone operator is required to hold a manned aircraft license. Mr. Rebaya’s case is the […]