De acordo com a tabela em 14 CFR 61.23 (d) , a data de vencimento do seu exame médico é com base na sua idade "na data do exame para o seu atestado médico mais recente".
Então, se você tivesse 39 anos na data do exame, você está bem por 60 meses.
Existe a possibilidade de que a exigência de renovação de exames médicos de 3ª classe possa desaparecer completamente em breve. Em 15 de dezembro de 2015, os EUA O Senado aprovou a "Carta de Direitos do Piloto 2" . O projeto ainda precisaria ser aprovado pela Câmara e assinado pelo presidente antes de entrar em vigor. Em 15 de dezembro, tinha 152 co-patrocinadores de ambas as partes na Câmara. De acordo com o AOPA:
Under the medical reforms of Pilot's Bill of Rights 2, most pilots who have held a valid third class medical, either regular or special issuance, within 10 years of the legislation’s enactment would never need to get another FAA medical exam. The rule would apply to pilots flying VFR or IFR in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds and carrying up to five passengers at altitudes below 18,000 feet and speeds up to 250 knots.
Pilots who develop certain medical conditions, including a small list of specific cardiac, mental health, or neurological conditions, will have to get an FAA special issuance medical one time only, significantly reducing the time and money spent navigating the FAA’s medical bureaucracy.
For pilots who have not had a valid medical in the past 10 years and those who have never applied for and received a medical certificate, a one-time third class medical certification by an aviation medical examiner will be required. After a pilot has been medically certified once, either through the regular or special-issuance processes, he or she will also be able to fly indefinitely without needing to go through the FAA medical certification process again.