That is why I specified 1st class. Medicals twice a year. Not 2nd or 3rd.
Find out where your local airline pilots go to get their medicals. You will have a much better chance of passing your medicals.
Good tip. But my points about the unanticipated medical testing requirements weren't meant to imply that there were *fewer* requirements for the Class 1 ticket. On the contrary, I haven't looked at the criteria for each in a number of years, but I'd wager that there are more stringent requirements for the higher class. Thus the likelihood of a candidate needing additional testing seems like it would be greater with Class 2 than Class 3...and greater with Class 1 than the both of them. So just because you have to have them twice yearly doesn't mean they won't bite you at your next visit.
That being said, there isn't much you're going to do about it if there is. I mean, if you need a Class 1 medical for your job, then that's what you need. If additional testing is required, then you'll need additional testing. Period. So you're right that there may in fact be a more significant difference between a Class 3 medical and the BasicMed, where the Class 3 ticket doesn't really get you anything more--unless you plan on flying your own TBM 940 up to FL310.
I should be so lucky.
TB
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