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Reading through all the medical threads leads me to believe the FAA is insanely strict. If someone gets a DWI and doesn't blow, it shouldn't be nearly impossible to get a medical. Dumb dumb dumb.

I don't wish to be identified as the guy who dropped the dime on this dimwit so I logged out. We have a permanent student on our airpark who breaks every rule at every opportunity. He regularly carries passengers. Yesterday he was giving "instruction" to another non pilot. For most of the...

Thought I'd just ask after seeing the accutane discussion. Shortly after I got my 3rd class I went to a dermatologist and got a diagnosis of Rosacea. I got put on Doxycycline and it seemed to help. Soon as the prescription ran out, my face flared up again so now I'm pretty much on it...

Currently have a third class medical. Got prescribed accutane and now taking it for the next 6 months. What, if anything, do I need to do to stay legal?

I presume that a sports hernia is not a major deal. Get it fixed, recover, and the FAA won't really care. Is that true?

Hi, I am currently earning my LSA which I know doesn't require a medical but I would eventually like to move on to PPL. Problem it I have ADD and am still on medication. What are the chances of me getting a special issuance? Thanks.

Never again, indeed. I am back to the old ways of asking forgiveness rather than permission. Twice this week I have tried getting clarification on what I thought to be an obvious answer. Twice I came away with the feeling I should not be asking questions. Situation 1: Issued a Class B...

Went for a $100 hamburger yesterday to a sleepy towered airport. Called the tower 15 miles out, was told to report midfield left downwind for the runway. ATIS was inop, no NOTAMs for that. I was better set up for a right downwind. Rather than cross over what would be the area of departing...

So I walked into the rental outfit a couple of days ago, and I was informed that I left the master on in one of the planes about a month and a half ago, depleting the battery overnight. I of course felt (and still feel) terrible, because I know how frustrating it is to have to scrub a flight...

Doc, I'm in the process of filling out my 8500-8 for my annual first class flight physical, and have visited a clinic twice in the previous two years, once for strep throat, the other time for a skin lesion (both previously reported). I also get an annual eye exam to ensure I meet the 20/20...

I recently got cited for speeding (60/35) and reckless driving in Virginia. I'm going to get an attorney and fight it but assuming I can't get reckless driving thrown out, do I have to notify the FAA of this?

A couple years ago I busted a TFR when the president was visiting the big city in my local area. I was so clueless I took off right into it just to go fly around for fun on a Sunday morning. That's what you get for not checking, or reading the newspaper, or turning on the radio on the drive to...

My hair is somewhere between blond and brown, which creates some ambiguity in how to describe it on official paperwork. I just noticed that my driver's license says blond, while my pilot certificate and medical certificate say brown. Since I have a medical exam coming up, I presume that I can...

I made dumb mistake. On my last medical, I forgot to list a routine eye appointment that I had that was just within the 3 year period asked. At the time, I'd misremembered the date, thinking that it had occurred a few months prior. I was going through old papers getting ready to shred stuff and...

I recently found out that I was flight training while inadequately insured. The thought of if something had happened to me during that time that my family would have been left financially vulnerable has me more than a bit shaken. I'm feeling guilty for having taken such a risk, not knowing for...

I'm really baffled. Had a fasting cholesterol screening during a wellness program at work yesterday. As background, I'm female in the late 50's, 5'8" and 125 lb. These were my numbers: HDL = 100 TC/HDL ration = 2.43 LDL - it only shows that I'm below 100 Triglyceride = 128 TC =...

I was denied a medical about six years ago mainly because I could not get the VA to provide my medical records to the FAA, liver ultrasound. I am 65 with controled blood pressure and have a good stress test that is two months old. Ten years ago I had a bleed out and found out that I had...

Here is an interesting question. Is the FAA pilot medical certification a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act? Like if they deny someone a medical because he/she has a certain disability, is that considered discriminatory under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Hello, I am a current ATC student attending a CTI school with the ultimate goal of working for the FAA. One of the requirements at the school is to earn a PPL. Unfortunately, over Super Bowl weekend I was arrested and charged with DUI (early FEB 2013). To make matters worse, I for whatever...

I have a private pilot certificate and passed my last third class medical about mid-year last year. A few months later I started having symptoms that, after first waiting to see if they were just temporary, finally (via my primary care physician) lead me to a rheumatologist, who has just...