Frequency of convictions for lying on FAA medical form

Who cares. People break rules and laws if they want. On a
medical application you're required to report your medical
conditions and physician visits and treatment. The rules
further require that pilots self-police themselves when ill,
tired or just feel like crap.

Yet, there have been F14 Naval pilots crashing on landing on
the carrier. The investigation showed proscribe drugs. [OTC
decongestants]

The FAA has some stupid rules, some are medical and some
deal with pilot performed maintenance, among others. But
use common sense, safety is the goal, do what is safe and in
the spirit of the rules and you'll probably be OK with the
law.



"Allen" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| Consider what you're hiding? A prescription for a
banned
| FAA drug means you're being treated by a doctor and the
| condition requires treatment and the drug may have
| side-effects. You get to fly with the worry that you'll
be
| caught or die from the disease or drug. Maybe it is a
| sedative and your judgment will be effected further and
| you'll fly into freezing rain or a thunderstorm.
|
| Odds are the only people you'll kill will be family and
| friends of yours, so go ahead.
|
|
|
| "Sally Grozmano" wrote in message
| . ..
| | Grumman-581
wrote
| in
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news | |
| | On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:49:58 +0000, in
| | ,
Sally
| Grozmano wrote:
| | It seems to be "common knowledge" that many pilots
do
| lie, but I never
| | hear of actual convictions.
|
| Y'all see you are talking to someone with a Washington DC
IP address, right?
|
| Allen
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
But use common sense, safety is the goal, do what is safe and in
the spirit of the rules and you'll probably be OK with the
law.

heh heh, yah, ok

"JM" == Jim Macklin writes:
JM But use
JM common sense, safety is the goal, do what is safe and in the
JM spirit of the rules and you'll probably be OK with the law.

Uh, no. Try inadvertently busting a popup VIP TFR--zero flight safety
issues--and you'll see what I mean.
--
"If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying
forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.
- Jack Handey