"buttman" wrote in message
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I'm pursuing a career in aviation, but there are something in my life
that have sort of been a sort of slow train coming during in the past
10 years or so. I think it is finally time I take care of these things,
and as a result, I will most likley be put on medication that will void
my medical certificate.

Right now I am doing my CFI training which I should finish up before
Thanksgiving, and my commercial checkride is scheduled for a week from
today. I know that once I lose my medical I can't do any part 119 or 91
operations, but I heard you can do flight instruction, is that correct?
If I decide to be a flight instructor, I can do that as long as the
student has at least a private (to act as PIC), correct?

See FAR 61.23. You can do flight instruction without a current medical if
the student is PIC. That would limit the training to post-private, sport
pilot, and current BFR's. But you wouldn't be able to do any other flying
without a medical except for sport pilot, glider or balloon. If you go for
the sport pilot rules, you can't fail your last medical.

As far as making a career out of it without a medical wouldn't be easy. It
depends on the demand in your area. Around here you'd go hungry!