Why do pilots need a medical

John Gaquin wrote:

Any vehicle over 15 pax requires a CDL, and I believe there are some medical
standards attached to same, but I don't know the details.

A short search with Jeeves shows that the Feds are involved in that too. Medical
certificate requirements are listed in CFR 49.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

nrp wrote:

I think the need for medicals should be related to the amount of fuel
on board.

To a certain extent, the government agrees with you. The other factor they
consider to be important is the combination of weight and speed.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

Morgans wrote:

Jim (passer of 11 stones) in NC

Over how many years? 10 over a 15 year period for somebody I kneaux
quite well, stone free for the past year though...

No more tea and sodas for him in LA...

zatatime wrote:
What I find even more disconcerting are conditions that would ground a
private pilot with a third class medical which merely get documented
and waived for a first class holder who flies heavy iron every day.

Hearing and Diabetes are two on the top of my head that I know of
which happened recently.

I doubt that you can get a waiver that would be valid for class-I but
not for class-III; as for hearing, there is a Deaf Pilots Association
(http://www.deafpilots.com/) which might disagree with your premise...

--Sylvain

Morgans wrote:
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
oups.com...

What about Uhaul trucks?

Good question. I seem to remember 12,500 pounds as the weight limit from my
CDL training long ago, but when I looked it up (a little bit ago), I came up
with the 10,000 pound limit.

Four of the five box-on-frame trucks U-Haul rents exceed this and two exceed
12,500. No mention on their site that I could find about license requirements.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:15:25 -0700, RomeoMike
wrote:

What conditions?

zatatime wrote:



What I find even more disconcerting are conditions that would ground a
private pilot with a third class medical which merely get documented
and waived for a first class holder who flies heavy iron every day.

The consistency is questionable.

z


Hearing and Diabetes are two on the top of my head that I know of
which happened recently.

z

Why is a minor medical condition disqualifying for flying a Cessna 172, when the same person can drive a
20,000 lb truck on public roads?

I have a friend who is grounded (permanently, apparently) because of a
heart attack, but makes his living as a locomotive engineer, hauling
mile-long freight trains full of all sorts of hazardous materials.

vince norris

Except trains have dead man controls.

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
Why is a minor medical condition disqualifying for flying a Cessna
172, when the same person can drive a
20,000 lb truck on public roads?

I have a friend who is grounded (permanently, apparently) because of a
heart attack, but makes his living as a locomotive engineer, hauling
mile-long freight trains full of all sorts of hazardous materials.

vince norris

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote

Over how many years? 10 over a 15 year period for somebody I kneaux
quite well, stone free for the past year though...

I think it was about 4 or so years. At one peak time, I passed 3 stones in
2 weeks. I then got one hung that had to be removed through surgery. THAT
really sucked. Yes, what you are thinking, is how they go in to remove one.

No more tea and sodas for him in LA...

That was not my problem. They tell me there are two types of stones. One
of calcium, and one of the other type caused by tea and sodas. Mine were
the calcium type.

I went to a urologist, and he had me do a 24 hour urine test, where all
output for a day went into a jug. It showed my body captured more of the
calcium that normally goes out with the urine. All I had to do was take a
diuretic (same thing some people take for blood pressure) to help keep the
kidneys flushed out. I haven't had a stone in close to ten years, or
coinciding with when I started the medication.
--
Jim in NC

Sylvain wrote:
zatatime wrote:
Hearing and Diabetes are two on the top of my head that I know of
which happened recently.

I doubt that you can get a waiver that would be valid for class-I but
not for class-III; as for hearing, there is a Deaf Pilots Association
(http://www.deafpilots.com/) which might disagree with your premise...


The FAA allows the use of Avandia, which is for the treatment of type II
diabetes. What is an absolute no-no (AFAIK) is any condition severe enough to
warrant the use of insulin.


--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE