A few Q's that have been on my mind lately.

On Dec 9, 5:39 pm, Bush wrote:
I was actually navigating around FAA.gov last night in order to get
answers to questions of my own however on my CFI certificate in reads
"not valid without certificate no. xxxxxxxx", which is my ATP. To
excericse at least the commercial privelages one would need to
maintain at least a class II medical. Am I reading this correctly?

Bush


When flying as a CFI, you are exercising the priviledges of your CFI
certificate. A commercial certificate is required to be in your
possession, but that does not mean you are using that certificate for
your operation. At least that is my understanding.

On 2007-12-09 14:39:14 -0800, Bush said:

I was actually navigating around FAA.gov last night in order to get
answers to questions of my own however on my CFI certificate in reads
"not valid without certificate no. xxxxxxxx", which is my ATP. To
excericse at least the commercial privelages one would need to
maintain at least a class II medical. Am I reading this correctly?

No. The FARs provide a specific exception for flight instructors. You
only need a third class medical and only then if you are acting as PIC
or are a required crewmember. You do not lose your commercial
certificate if you lose your medical. That is why they are separate
pieces of paper.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

C J Campbell wrote:
You do not lose your commercial
certificate if you lose your medical.

You also don't even need a second to get a commercial anymore.
Anybody with a third can get any pilot certificate or rating.

Ron Natalie wrote:
C J Campbell wrote:
You do not lose your commercial certificate if you lose your medical.

You also don't even need a second to get a commercial anymore.
Anybody with a third can get any pilot certificate or rating.

When did they change that?

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:16:10 -0600, Gig601XLBuilder
wrote:

Ron Natalie wrote:
C J Campbell wrote:
You do not lose your commercial certificate if you lose your medical.

You also don't even need a second to get a commercial anymore.
Anybody with a third can get any pilot certificate or rating.

When did they change that?

Not sure but I recall it for a bit. Basically they let you take the
ride for the certificate, but you can't exercise any of the privs
without the appropriate medical.