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Re: “Inhofe, 81, seeks looser rules for pilots,” Nov. 19 news brief.
I take exception to your article about Sen. Jim Inhofe’s sponsorship of legislation as if it were a personal missive for “old” pilots or for his own benefit.
I realized my lifelong dream to become a pilot at age 39. At 45, the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) determined that allergies and the need to wear hard contact lenses disqualify me from a standard medical certificate. As a result, I have to make expensive and unnecessary doctor visits and take tests every year for submittal to the FAA. Each year I sweat bullets to see if I can still fly. Losing my pilotap license would affect my business, my ability to see my family and my freedom.
Some 67 U.S. senators are co-sponsors of this common-sense legislation. Imagine if a government agency threatened to take away driver’s licenses over allergies or sleep apnea (another FAA favorite).
Kent Holsinger, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 27 edition.
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