"It is a little like the Clinton era's, 'Don't ask don't tell.'
If the FAA knows somebody has a medical condition, they won't let
them fly. But if FAA doesn't know about someone's medical problem,
FAA will let them fly a Light Sport Aircraft."
Source: FAA Administrator Marion Blakey responding
to a question Thursday at Oshkosh. Pilot Mimi Steel told Blakey,
"Take two pilots. One has the 20 hours minimum training required by
Sport Pilot] and has never been to an FAA doctor. The other is a
one-thousand hour pilot who had a medical denied, but has a valid
driver's license. The rule will prevent the one-thousand hour pilot
from flying a Light Sport Aircraft. That doesn't seem fair."
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