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FAA Private Based on a Forgein License

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If a pilot who holds a License in a forgeing country is issued a license by the FAA based on that license, do they need an FAA medical to ast as PIC?

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  1. Dave on Jul 31, 2011

    FAR 61.3 (c) says:

    “(c) Medical certificate.
    (1) A person may serve as a required pilot flight crewmember of an aircraft only if that person holds the appropriate medical certificate issued under part 67 of this chapter, or other documentation acceptable to the FAA, that is in that person’s physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft. Paragraph (c)(2) of this section provides certain exceptions to the requirement to hold a medical certificate”
    In paragrah (c)(2), the only thing I could find that, I think,  might pertain to you was in sub-section (xi)
    “or (xi) Is operating an aircraft with a U.S. pilot certificate, issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license, issued under §61.75, and holds a medical certificate issued by the foreign country that issued the foreign pilot license, which is in that person’s physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft when exercising the privileges of that airman certificate.”
     
    So, no, you do not need an FAA medical, but you do need a valid medical from the country that issued you the original flight certificate.
    At least, that’s how I read it,
    Dave
     

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  2. Dave White on Jul 31, 2011

    No, you don’t – if you have a medical from the same country as the licence.
    FAR 61.75 (b)(4) refers:
    “…Holds a current medical certificate issued under Part 67 of this chapter or a current medical certificate issued by the country that issued the person’s foreign pilot’s license.”

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  3. Wes Beard on Jul 31, 2011

    I agree with the others.  It goes one step further.  Most foreign licenses have wording on their licenses that states they must have a current medical from their country for their pilots license to be valid.
     
    Since the U.S. pilots license is based on the validity of the foreign license they foreign pilot cannot get a U.S. medical and be legal to fly in the United States.  They must receive a medical from their home country.

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