If you suddenly lose your class 3SI, you can’t get basic med. You need BM before that happens otherwise you’re done unless you can get your Class 3SI back.

If you have both and lose your class 3 then you have lost your BM.

If you have both and lose your class 3 then you have lost your BM.

Interesting. Although in the end, since your C3 was revoked, you're then not eligible for another BM when it comes to renewal time. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

Interesting. Although in the end, since your C3 was revoked, you're then not eligible for another BM when it comes to renewal time. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

No, sadly not. The rules really aren't very pilot friendly. If your latest certificate was denied or revoked, you cannot get BM until you've been approved for a certificate. More generally, you're not qualified to fly under BM at any time if:

"....
Your most recent FAA-issued medical certificate was suspended (at any time) or revoked, your most recent FAA medical application was denied, or your most recent authorization for special issuance of your medical certificate was withdrawn.
..."

https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/pilots/me ... ifications

I asked my person who said those rules apply if don’t already have a BM and would now try to get a BM, you can’t.

He said it’s a gray area and if you already have a BM and the event that canceled your C3 is not on the disqualification list for BM, just keep flying with BM.

Doesn't seem gray to me. From AOPA:


Common reasons for someone to not qualify to fly under BasicMed can include but are not limited to the following issues:


Your most recent FAA-issued medical certificate was suspended (at any time) or revoked, your most recent FAA medical application was denied, or your most recent authorization for special issuance of your medical certificate was withdrawn.

You will need to have a medical exam by an Aviation Medical Examiner and obtain a new FAA-issued medical certificate before you can be eligible to fly under BasicMed.

Your most recent FAA-issued medical certificate was suspended (at any time) or revoked, your most recent FAA medical application was denied, or your most recent authorization for special issuance of your medical certificate was withdrawn.


Isn’t BM separate from FAA issued medicals.? This applies to FAA medicals and applicants for a FAA medical.
Not pilots who already hold a BM and are not applying for BM.

The last sentence of what I posted covers that.

In my case, I have a Special Issuance Class 3 which involved a condition which is allowed under Basic Med (assuming it was under control). I probably had a valid medical in 2006 opening the door to Basic Med but didn’t dig through the record since I wanted a Class 3. It was a lot of work to get approved but I made it. I now have an annual medical requirement for Class 3 which is the standard examination plus a 24 hr. Holter monitor. As some may know, the Holter monitor can be glitchy. If I were to “fail” the Holter due to some anomaly I’d go back to the beginning of the line of a possible 12 month process and would be disallowed to pursue Basic Med. Now, I need weigh the advantages/disadvantages of Class 3 vs Basic Med and the possible risk of a glitch.

Depends on which plane to some degree.

An MU2 F model won't be hurt too bad flying at 17,500 ft. It gets wheezy at FL250 (its ceiling) and is rarely flown that high. While you wish for the low 20s, a BasicMed pilot can get a lot of utility from that.

For a -10 M model, yeah, under FL180 is a nasty limitation.

Mike C.