John Kerry in the FAA airmen database ( No TFRs yet for Kerrycampaign)

One thing that occurred to me after my posting was that Senator Kerry took
the time to renew his medical in December 2003, while he was travelling
around the country in the middle of a heated primary battle. It cannot
have
been easy to schedule a free afternoon, and it suggests to me that he was
at
least planning on making time to fly during the rest of the campaign
(otherwise, why not let the medical lapse for a year?).

It's not like he had to find the doc on the internet, call the office, make
an appointment, sit in the office for an hour, etc., etc., etc., like the
rest of us schleps.

In the rarified atmosphere of the political class -- especially in the world
of a Heinz heir -- I truly doubt the Mr. Kerry had to do anything beyond
mentioning it to one of his handlers.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:09:44 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

In the rarified atmosphere of the political class -- especially in the world
of a Heinz heir -- I truly doubt the Mr. Kerry had to do anything beyond
mentioning it to one of his handlers.

I doubt Kerry even showed up for an exam.

Just because you hold a certificate does not mean you are current.

Demonick

In article ,
wrote:

Just because you hold a certificate does not mean you are current.

nor does it mean you really support aviation (what's
the name of that lawyer? Wolk?)

--
Bob Noel
Seen on Kerry's campaign airplane: "the real deal"
oh yeah baby.

Bob Noel wrote:
In article ,
wrote:


Just because you hold a certificate does not mean you are current.


nor does it mean you really support aviation (what's
the name of that lawyer? Wolk?)

To be in the standard FAA Airmen database you need both a pilot
certificate and a current medical certificate. About 4 years ago the
FAA had some sort of problem and many pilots in MA were disappeared from
the listing. I chased it down and found that all of the problem pilots
had medical certificate status listed as "pending". Nobody could
explain that or what it means! My AME was kind enough to reissue my
medical.

You don't need a current medical, or a medical at all to stay listed
in the FAA airman database. Some of the links such as Landings.com
only list the current airman, however.



On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:03 GMT, "William W. Plummer"
wrote:

Bob Noel wrote:
In article ,
wrote:


Just because you hold a certificate does not mean you are current.


nor does it mean you really support aviation (what's
the name of that lawyer? Wolk?)

To be in the standard FAA Airmen database you need both a pilot
certificate and a current medical certificate. About 4 years ago the
FAA had some sort of problem and many pilots in MA were disappeared from
the listing. I chased it down and found that all of the problem pilots
had medical certificate status listed as "pending". Nobody could
explain that or what it means! My AME was kind enough to reissue my
medical.