Originally Posted by
MedicalTruth
Describe "little"?
Describe "we"?
Sure. I used “little” in a relative sense, meaning “far less than the 15,000 you cited. For more exact information, contact an AME.
By “we” I meant HIMS committee members.
Originally Posted by
MedicalTruth
Tom, the fact of the matter is, you are a 767A (WTF is a 767A?) retired pilot who has been on this forum for more than a decade.
Do you even know consequences of the 2008 18v revision?
Yes, 18v was revised to include reference to arrests, which made no difference in our HIMS work. We did not set FAA medical standards, but only helped pilots meet them in order to save their jobs.
If a pilot feels that the FAA has wrongly denied them a medical certificate, there are several levels of appeal:
https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certifi...aq/response14/