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Mxsmanic wrote:
You may be getting ahead of things a little. It has not yet been established that he could not pass the physical or otherwise obtain a medical, and you're talking as though he has already failed it. You have no ****ing clue again. Do you know that if you go into an AME office with the intention of taking the physical (i.e., you start filling out the application) you have started down in irrevocable path? You can't just punt out of the medical. If for some reason you can't pass, you can't get a sport pilot. If there is any chance you aren't going to be able to qualify, you do WANT to act like you might fail it and cover your bases. Neither hypoglycemia nor floaters are unconditionally disqualifying. It would be best to make discreet inquiries, have his state of health assessed by a physician familiar with FAA requirements, or ... You don't want to bother with a physician or flight simulator wannabe who thinks the know what is an FAA requirement. You need to talk to people who know. There are a handful of AME's (who know and who specialize in tricky issuances) on the AOPA forums and the AOPA office itself. You don't want some random doc playing with this. Just because he writes you a letter saying that he sees no reason for your condition to interfere with piloting MEANS SQUAT TO THE FAA. |
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