3rd Class Med and Anti-depressants

"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message news:4adc3484d24aec339332655478c79820@TeraNews.. .
"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
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Pilots themselves tend to be highly polarized on this issue and many
of them don't understand (or have the wrong understanding) the
reasoning the FAA uses for disqualifying an individual taking those
drugs.

Take a look at the pilot "reasoning" in the initial post... Presuming this
is a real post and not a troll, do you think the FAA is far off the mark?

So Richard...... What's wrong with my "reasoning"??

Also, you mentioned (don't have the quote exactly) something about
"they're working on this hot potato".....

Yeah, right.... They've been working on if for YEARS. Since I'm now
60 and would probably not fly much past 70, then if the bureaucrats
just drag their feet for 10 more years (a few seconds in fed govt
time) then it'll all be a moot point anyhow. See, contrary to the
couple that think I'm such a jerk because of my attitude, *I* will be
smart enough to know when I'm no longer safe and will "hang it up"
without having to be told by the FAA. I won't drive(fly?) thru a
crowd like that idiot in CA.

Oh yeah, I thought of one more example for those that think the the
Feds always "know best". Anyone remember the oil crisis of the early
70's??? 55 MPH, right?? Oil crisis definitely over with by what,
1977, 1978??? And 55 MPH limit stayed around until when??? Sometime
in the early to mid 90's???

Yet how many folks religiously drove that speed on the interstate
highway for all those years??? And how many bought radar detectors
and said "screw the 55 HP limit"?? Hmmmm? The only difference is
that I'm honest enough to admit I don't mind breaking the law,
especially STUPID laws.

BTW Richard, don't take this post as a personal slam. Your posts in
this thread have been quite imformative and thoughtful. I *DO* wonder
what you meant by the quoted comment, though. You think I'm a "nut
case"?? 8-)

Regards

D M