Originally Posted by
Billy32
What is Tilton's role here? Are medical device companies and disorder associations allowed to lobby the FAA or NTSB directly? Are there kickbacks or post Govt. positions on the line? Why is this his big cause? He got smacked down last year, reworded a few things, and is back this year. Seems very determined to get this testing done.
Tilton has since retired. His orignal plan to arbitrarily test anyone with a BMI 40 and higher and not issue a medical until it was resovled. That came under extreme pressure form all interested stake holders.
What was issued March 4th, 2015 is the new amended policy. Sneaky in a way but the way I read the document is you can't be denied soley on high BMI. Will a high BMI trigger an evaluation? That seems to be a 'clinical judgement' based on criteria to be determined by the AME.