I had the opportunity and privilege several days ago to advocate on behalf of AOPA members before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Aviation Subcommittee on Capitol Hill.
The FAA has updated the MedXPress system to streamline the medical certification process, the first of “many steps” the agency plans to take to make it “clearer and faster.”
It began with a discovery flight. Jess Ellwanger’s interest in aviation blossomed when his father sent him aloft as a gift for his fourteenth birthday. From there he continued training through high school, passed his checkride at 18, and moved on to instrument and commercial ratings. It was not until he became a CFI in 2020, though, that came to appreciate the importance of pairing compatible students and instructors.
Aviation has been in the news for too many of the wrong reasons of late. I happened to be flying in April when the first radar and radio outage made waves.
From student pilot ID requirements to ATP test requirements and everything in between, AOPA is deeply committed to making it easier, safer, and less expensive to become a pilot.