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Originally Posted by flyboywbl  do you need a 2nd class certificate to take the commercial checkride or do you just need one to exercise the privileges of a commercial pilot? If what you say is true this is great news for me because i got a first class medical last August for my student pilot certificate to solo and now i'm taking my commercial ride on Wednesday. this would mean that it would still be a 1st class medical and i would not have to go get a 2nd class or the 1st class renewed. |
Keep in mind that even under the old rules, if you got a 1st class medical with the past 12 calendar months, it would still be a second class. It doesn't expire, it just down grades to the next lower class. So, even in your case, your medical would be a second class until the 1st of Sept this year when it would downgrade to a third class. Clear as mud?