"Enhanced Security" at various airports....

"Dr. Anthony J. Lomenzo" wrote:

In effect, while a good many of the GA brethren
are generally free from any Rx meds for obvious FAA mandated reasons,
folks you travel with may have meds they require for any number of
things so make sure you have a copy of the Rx to show what those meds
are or, better still, use the Rx bottle they came in! Again, this is
"enhanced security."


Yeah, the FAA is pretty meat headed about
prescriptions. They would rather pilots
not take their meds or lie about it
-- doesn't make sense.
If a 70 year old grandmother can land a
Cessna, what's the problem with someone
taking lipitor or nexium or prozac?
There are pilots with missing eyes and
limbs for gosh sakes. How many accidents
do we know for sure have been caused by banned
meds or by medical problems at all?
What do you think about this, doctor?

The issue about passengers on part 121
flights carrying medicine goes to the issue
of air travel privacy. Do we turn the
security checkpoint into a one stop shopping
police check point to look for deadbeat dads
and other societal miscreants?

Ted