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Effectively, if you weren’t hospitalized nor have ongoing issues related to COVID then it is no big deal. But if you were hospitalized or have persistent symptoms then it will be an issue.

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Well then, just don't report it as a medication since you aren't taking it. You are unlikely to be called out for it. For future reference any sleep aids are going to be disqualifying for regular use.

Nah, you aren't screwed. If you don't take the medication, don't list it. If you want to be extra careful go back to this doctor, or your primary care, and discuss that you did not intend to get a sleep aid, let alone one that is a psychotropic medication and ask to turn in the full quantity...

Time alone isn’t the issue. Decision Path 1 is very vague and a bit conflicting with other guidance. It is a high priority re-write going on right now. If you took SSRIs for less then 12 months, ideally less than 6, you don’t have recurrent or comorbid disease, it is possible to be issued...

Just call the number on the letter from the FAA to request the extension. But your primary care physician should be able to refer you to a neurologist. Don't assume insurance will cover it though as it isn't medically necessary.

We lay this out in one of our articles for Flying. But essentially as long as the issue doesn't arise the the level of a medical diagnosis then you do not need to report family or marriage counseling.

The meds not being taken, thus not having to be disclosed, is true. But to get those meds legally requires a diagnosis. The historical diagnosis always has to be disclosed. Then questions like "did you ever take meds" come up.

2 DUIs from that long ago doesn't necessarily imply HIMS as a requirement. There is a high chance, but if all the documentation looks good then they may not require HIMS monitoring.

You should be able to be issued. At worst you are in Path C, find all the info and still get issued because the AME calls on your behalf.

We have several articles on our blog that may help answer a lot of your questions.

The FAA is a regulatory agency. But in this particular line of discussion the FAA Aerospace Medical Certification Division (AMCD) is who dispositions medical certification of pilots. It is run exclusively by doctors. Doctors review all medical exam submissions, doctors determine if more...

Yeah we frequently tell people that they should use doctors to talk to doctors and lawyers to talk to law enforcement and other lawyers.

Any HIMS AME should have the list and be able to provide you with some names. I generally will provide a list of the closest 3 or 4 ones to a client which gives them a few options.

There are levels of diabetes. If you didn't specifically prepare the documents for the exam then they are unlikely to meet the criteria for the special issuance. If your AME did submit the paperwork you provided they are probably building their request letter now. If there is anything on that...

Sadly not all AMEs are actually good.

It sounds like he was deferred, but you should have at least had a letter right now. However, if all he did was submit a MedXPress then he also needs to do an exam. Did he ever do an exam with a FAA qualified physician?

This would really depend on where you are in the program.

No I mean decompression sickness, not a cabin depressurization. At 18,000 ft you are at half of the atmospheric pressure compared to sea level. That is when the risk curve for decompression sickness starts to rise. The gasses dissolved in your blood will have a greater tendency to want to come...

Not to derail this thread, but it is never a good idea to routinely fly above 18,000 feet in a non-pressurized cockpit. The risk of decompression issues starts to go up dramatically.