"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

Do we turn the security checkpoint into a one stop shopping police check point
to look for deadbeat dads and other societal miscreants?

http://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=21297&r=4

article on new passenger background checks.

Ted Huffmire wrote:

Yeah, the FAA is pretty meat headed about
prescriptions. They would rather pilots
not take their meds or lie about it

No, they insist that pilots don't NEED them. If they catch you lying, you
will never be PIC again.

George Patterson
They say that nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,
death doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.
Will Rogers

You mean I have to tell them about
the heart transplant? =)

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:



No, they insist that pilots don't NEED them. If they catch you lying, you
will never be PIC again.

Ted Huffmire wrote:

You mean I have to tell them about
the heart transplant? =)

I think that's one of the deadly questions, yes.

George Patterson
Brute force has an elegance all its own.