SI to Basic Med at 67

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If switching from an FAA SI to Basic Med at 67 yrs old, how often will the BM exam need to be revisited?
If the SI is still in force when the BM exam is done, but the doc doesn't sign off, can you still fly under your SI? If that happens, the plan might be to make one last flight to deliver the plane to a sales broker.
 
No age criteria for Basic Med. You do the CMEC at least every four years and the online course every two.

Basic Med is independent of a regular medical. As long as whatever you doctor has found under basic med doesn't make you ineligible for your issued medical, you can continue on that.
 
Note that the SI and BM do not interact.
As long as you can fly on your SI, you can use that regardless of the BM status.
There is nothing the BM itself can do to invalidate your SI.

As you no doubt know, you cannot fail the BM. The doctor either signs the paperwork or not. The FAA is not notified either way. (Well, technically you tell the FAA you completed the CMEC, but the doctor doesn't inform them if they dont sign off on one). Which allows some fellows to shop around until they can find a doctor that will sign off on it.

While the SI and BM overlap, you can choose to exercise the higher privileges of the SI if you wish. (Higher gross weight, higher speed, higher pax count, etc)
 
Getting old said:
If the SI is still in force when the BM exam is done, but the doc doesn't sign off, can you still fly under your SI? If that happens, the plan might be to make one last flight to deliver the plane to a sales broker.
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The beauty of Basic Med is that it's not reported to the FAA and you can seek another provider if the initial one doesn't sign off. I would do that in this situation. If compliance with the SI was the reason you didn't get signed off on Basic Med, you probably aren't legal to fly regardless. May as well try again and maybe keep the plane and keep flying . . .
 
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