Originally Posted by
Gvdriver
what is the the timeline to recover your 1st class medical after bypass surgery? I know there is a 6 month wait to submit all paperwork and tests, but from there for the FAA to review your case what is the wait time?Do companies like aviation medical solutions accelerate getting the medical back?Of course this is assuming all results are normal under the FAA guidelines.
YMMV... but a friend of mine had triple bypass late June 2016 and got him medical back in March of 2017. Might have been a month earlier had the FAA not "lost" some of his records that he submitted.