More Change at FAA medical

[Rcmutz]

Great game! Ohio definitely wanted it more and deserved it. Good luck vs. ND!

Bucket list to make it up for a game at the Shoe as well as, dare I say, the Big House!

I’d definitely like to make games in several other stadiums, but not the big **** house, or Penn state. Fans at those stadiums are pure evil! I remember in 75 getting pelted after the game with oranges up there, as it was the first time Big 10 runner up was going to the Orange Bowl. BTW- OSU went to the Rose Bowl and ttun went to the Orange.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Better question… why do we ask NON PILOTS, who are NON PRACTICING doctors, to make a fitness to fly determination at all? Especially when their hands are tied by dark age aeromedical mythology.

Why don’t we ask a CURRENT PRACTICING doctor to determine medical normalcy, and a flight instructor or examiner determine if they can fly?

Leave the administrating to the AMEs.

Because - even previous doctors have said - they don’t handle any of the aviation related complications with said medical conditions. They sign off on general ability to function in society. Not at flying, scuba or whatever other activities.

I believe @Tools meant for *AMEs* to determine fitness to fly, not just random MDs. And that's a pretty dang good question...

I think that everyone who is stuck in some limbo always points out - but there could be drunks/drug/mental health etc etc who aren’t caught that have a medical. And it’s like - oh so not fair. The faa’s goal is to be a front line block and then gradually work on weeding out the rest. There is no justification for the others to be there and complaining about it to justify a position is just that - immature complaining.

You have a legit gripe about timeline and responses. As for your continued barking up that there could be people who are holding medical because they lied, or subsequently got whatever condition that the FAA doesn’t know about - nah. That’s something that needs to be fixed as well. But you aren’t arguing for that to be fixed (which by extension means prosecuted fully as well) - but merely to try and strengthen your case that there are already problematic people in there and therefore you should also be allowed to go in because others have fraudulently passed.

Thing is, wouldn't the FAA be able to do a better job catching the liars if they weren't so busy figuring out whether Fred in Dayton submitted the WENUS report from his osteochiropathologist about his turboencabulitis?

I do like the idea of an auto-approval after a certain reasonable length of time, maybe 90 days at most, preferably 30. It would force the FAA to prioritize the stuff that really matters.

I'm just glad I am not (yet) subject to any of this, but as I age I'm taking more of an interest.