a wrote:
On Sep 1, 5:30Â*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
wrote in message

...



Since my FAA physical is coming up soon I got a normal physical to insure
would be no surprises.

Â* Â*Good for you! Â*But one could argue that it would be better to get that
private physical *AFTER* your FAA physical.

Why? Â*Because there can be considerable difference between the disease
definitions your doctor uses and those contained in FAA regulations. Â*In
particular, the thresholds for blood pressure and blood sugar have been
generally lowered over the years, while the FAA definitions have remained
unchanged. Â*For example: if your doctor diagnoses you with type 2 diabetes, you
will be required to report that on your medical application and then you will be
required to jump through the appropriate hoops to get your medical, even though
you may (probably will) pass the AME's very crude urine-based blood sugar test.

Vaughn

An interesting ethics question would be, what would you have done if
your 'ordinary' physical would have disclosed something that would
have prevented you from passing the FAA one?

In my case I had already decided; sell the Tiger and buy a LSA assuming
whatever it was didn't mean flying would be stupid, like an aneurism that
could blow at any time.



--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.