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Originally Posted by DonFromTX
I was unclear, I fully understand the rules, but not the reasoning behind them. I am sure no one made any study to determine that suddenly I am dangerous when I decide to fly above 10k, or that without a medical I will crash a lot if I fly at night.
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The reason is that there is no reason.
As a SP, flying on a drivers license medical, I can't exceed 10k MSL.
As a PP-G, flying on self-certification medical, I can exceed 10k MSL.
Thus, the 10k MSL limit has nothing to do with the medical.
So what is it? The FAA tells you its about training, but this is circular and self-serving logic! The FAA, after all, wrote the SP regs and the PTS. They decided that SP can add-on Class B/C/D endorsements to their SP. So why not allow an endorsement for exceeding 10k MSL? The FAA clearly wanted to restrict SP to < 10k MSL, but never gave a good reason why, and "training" is just an excuse.
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