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This gets crazier! I get that the med form asks if you used any illegal substance in past 2 years. The whole line reads "Substance dependance or failed a drug test ever; or substance abuse, or use of illegal substance in past 2 years." Wow. You have to know what you are talking about to answer...

Are you saying that if a person has one of these drinks, they need to not apply or reapply for a medical for TWO YEARS? I can't find that anywhere.

Oof. So the FAA is going to ignore this completely? Pretend it does not exist and operate without any attention to this change? I mean, isn't that exactly what the FAA cites pilots for doing - ignoring a problem others see as obvious after the fact? Well I think this short thread kinda points...

Yes to whoever replied to Dr Chien: I am not on a monitoring program. I am a private pilot flying with a Basic Med. I don’t know the difference between Delta 8 and Delta 9. All I know is these drinks are legal here. This one in particular was called Wildflower. Which sounds natural, pretty, and...

To clarify, the clerk alerted me it had Delta-9. But I had a friend who had been buying those seltzers there and never knew it had THC. He thought it was just grapefruit seltzer. It really made me wonder, what if - with all the prevalence of these drinks - a person drank them and had no idea...

I assumed someone asked this but I could not find results to my search. With the popularity of hemp-infused seltzers, is there any guidance from FAA as to its use and pilots? I was grabbing a seltzer at a deli and the person at the counter told me it had Delta-9. I didn’t know what that...

Is this typical? I have moved multiple times since I earned my Commercial license. I've alerted the FAA each time and they have on record my current correct address. But my physical license still has the old address from years ago. Is it worth it to get a new license with my current address? And...

Dr. Chien, are you saying to comply with the end date of the SI or the end date of the most recent 3rd - or 2nd or 1st - class medical. Also, you really can't say anything about my recovery or attitude. You don't know me. To suggest that I am not grateful enough - by reading a few short lines...

Thanks. Good point. I did ask. He said, "just trust me. you don't want the FAA legal team coming at you. I can fit you in next week for another exam”

SI Expires years from now. The medical expires every 6 months. You see, though, the BasicMed seems to indicate that you can leave the SI behind as the SI is for an "unrestricted" license such as a 3rd class, 2nd class, etc. But the BasicMed is a restricted license. Just don't try to get a Third...

I'm getting mixed signals. Many on this forum and my HIMS doctor say I can never go to BasicMed. However, an AOPA rep and my reading of the regs state otherwise. Under BasicMed, there is a section that says, "Medical Conditions Requiring One Special Issuance Before Operating under BasicMed."...

Yeah, if you have to do drug testing, then I guess you don't count. Unless this is your seventh year of HIMS!

Only 24,000 women pilots - above Student medical. Yup, that's a small number. Congrats!

My limit was being recruited as OL/DL for Division III schools - 35 years ago. Still running and lifting weights! But hey, I just thought it was an interesting exercise to see how few pilots there are compared to other things.

Shocked because perhaps I don't think of myself as that special to be part of such a small group. I may have thought that with military pilots, the presence of so many Aeronautical Majors or colleges, and career path companies (ATP for example), that there would be more. That and the fact I can...