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If it looks tasty, you cannot have it........

Matthew there are two kinds of PIC: Sole manip of the controls in an a/c for which you are otherwise rated; and PIC-legally responible for the operation of the a/c......But I think you knew this. You can be legally responsible for a ship <=6,000 lbs at 18,000 ft and below, IFR or VFR on a Basic.

In some cases that is bioethically permissible but more often the exception that proves the rule.....'Most' is a big statement. I'll bet you never served on a bioethics board.....of course, everybody here is a doc an ame an attorney...etc. etc. etc.

"Dear Grounded" (most of us are old enough to recognize this format): You are also grounded by the list of 15 disqualifying medical conditions: The requirments are: Doc's Admission dictation Cath report-CAVEAT: There is a structural standard too, "no part of the heart can be behind a 70% or...

I recently let fly at my internist who wants to treat me to toxicity with statins. I have a normal profile. It was the Foghorn Leghorn Thing. Remember I was a professor long ago. "I say, I say, What EXACTLY is your longevity evidence for wanting to do a thing like that? Where is your survival...

The above is....pretty spot on......B

If you haven't already, turn on "signature lines" on your personal preferences and hit the link to website/ send message.....it IS possible but there is some brain efficiency testing at > 90 days off meds that has to happen and he has to, without med, beat out the bottom 15th percentile of...

Simples: you defintely should go for a second, First Class deferral @ 1 year so they won't be writing saying, "further consideration is not possible as your underlying exam has expired; We have gotten communication from Washington to "encourage your pilots to submit the annual HIMS psychiatrist...

Here's a copy of the enabling legislation.....

See your private email! B.

Jay_us. If it's in Washington it could be a while. It it's in OKC full re-review is 210 days. Do you know in whose queue it is? If it's simple, and the analyst has done the work AND the reviewing doc internally listed a set of conditions (that are now satisfied) it could be the whole of six weeks.

I'd make that decision independently of FAA. That is one huge major tirp to the operating room. If it were repaired, however, it would be report of operation Post op status Certification by AME inspection Either way you get to fly. It's just a lot more documentation if you are pre-intervention.

For this issue, its not a big deal. Nobody is going to care about that 12 years later.....just remember to put in in your comments at next medical.

Jaysus.

Anything over 30 degrees is going to be progressive. And some think over 20 degrees is “progressive”. It can limit pulmonary function, so PFTs are necessary. I can’t imagine an AME missing this when he/she does the pulmonary exam. The spine won’t be straight of course. Bring records and a...