I have a question about medical certificates that the FAR is unclear on.
I had a first class medical done on 1-7-2010. I used it for Student pilot and eventually Private pilot operations. According to the FAR that first class medical is good for 60 months under private pilot operations.
I now have my commercial ticket as of this past February and have an opportunity to use it under commercial operations. According to the FAR under commercial operations a first class medical is valid only 12 months. (And yes I am aware of "last day of the month after the month of examination" I'm just omitting that for simplicity).
So now I understand I cannot use my "first class" medical for those commercial operations. And that's where it all kind of falls apart...
I was originally taught that your medical will "downgrade" as you reach the next time cutoff. (e.g. 1st class downgrades to 2nd class after 12 months, second class downgrades to 3rd class after 12 months which is good for 36 months)
However I can find no material in 61.23 that supports this idea. To sum it all up, I'm am wondering If I have to get a new 2nd class or better medical to conduct commercial operations.
I had a first class medical done on 1-7-2010. I used it for Student pilot and eventually Private pilot operations. According to the FAR that first class medical is good for 60 months under private pilot operations.
I now have my commercial ticket as of this past February and have an opportunity to use it under commercial operations. According to the FAR under commercial operations a first class medical is valid only 12 months. (And yes I am aware of "last day of the month after the month of examination" I'm just omitting that for simplicity).
So now I understand I cannot use my "first class" medical for those commercial operations. And that's where it all kind of falls apart...
I was originally taught that your medical will "downgrade" as you reach the next time cutoff. (e.g. 1st class downgrades to 2nd class after 12 months, second class downgrades to 3rd class after 12 months which is good for 36 months)
However I can find no material in 61.23 that supports this idea. To sum it all up, I'm am wondering If I have to get a new 2nd class or better medical to conduct commercial operations.