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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...

I was kinna hoping you were going to say, "but I don't do any of that stuff anymore"..... Generally speaking one starts with: The full active duty medical record. Beware: The DOD's definitions of disease are different from FAA (part 67). The VAH record. Beware the VAH's defintions of disease...

As with all aspects of the agency, we are asking too much of too few for too long.

It slows the speed at which the forebrain communicates with the other parts, limiting speed, flexibilty and also PAIN and mood swings. It's neurospcych profile is such that I'm not expecting anyone on it to be able to pass. All of which is this former pain doc's way of saying (and we use it a...

So do I do any service giving a sugar coated answer? Dord it do any pilot any good to do that? Truth is brutal. Do I tell the pilot or does the FAA or even worse, the local federal prosecutor/inspector general? Get real! (Every one of his posts is about "oh, I can evade that" Detoxed...

I have had an OCVT reversed/redone because the ASI did not do it at proper distance. So yes, it has to done exactly per 8900.1 (I think the change is #638), or it gets redone. In this case the student provided measurements to the base of the tower, and photographs of where they stood. But the...

What airmen learn when they google, is that lying is a class 4 felony. Lindberg, in a hard drive society SOMEONE has the information and it will out. In this case if he was able to get this done privately ( a "kennedy detox) it's somewhat nefarious as it involves some very hard to get meds...

FAA memory is "have you ever in your life"......and if you think being "kennedy" withdrawn for addiction isn't a mental disorder, well go ahead but the felony will ruin your life....even more than already. You need to google 27 pilots indicited....4 delta pilots indicted.....6000 pilots under...

They compare a group with the proposed new treatment for that whatever with the traditional treatment. .....think for a moment about the ethics of a "No treatment" group........they're not gonna do it......

Yes that's okay. Your AME will need a note saying, "I am satisfied with 'on the road to lower BPs' hypertension control", done within 90 days prior to your next medical.

Hate to rain on your Rationalization. That's not gonna hunt. A Kennedy detox has a huge insurance footprint. Trying to hide that (it will fail) is compounding your situaiton with a class 4 felony. To do that, if insurance paid, you have to have a diagnosis. So, you have a diagnosis! Full...

The measurement of visual working memory necessitates the absence of a note pad. Don't panic lads, however; know that you're being normed againsts pilots your age.. they have the same difficulty. That why when you go be CERTAIN you had a FULL, GOOD night's rest the day prior and do the...

No, because in the American System, we don't do testing on folks who "don't have an issue". Try getting insurors to pay for that(?!)

We noticed 18 years ago in the lab that duloxetine was just a BRAIN clamp and performance in the lab suffered. Desvenlafaxine, less so, Effexor was in the same ranks as Bupropion. So in order to get a proposal through we proposed just the orignal four...

...and all the evaluations remain the same. However I would not expect many to make stds on Duloxetine, nor pristiq. Effexor- MAYBE.

Well it's a time vs "not a whole lot of difference in cost" sort of deal. Insurance service psychiatrists have nothing to bill for in an "evaluation " so they decline to do them. Civilian Forensic psychiatrists use DSM 5 and that may be uselss to the FAA and cost about $3K. Now, if you can...

Not true. Any Positive test unreported and ungrounded (even during re-investigation) results in dismissal of the AME. Man, there are a lotta guys here with axes to grind.