Originally Posted by
flyperry
I know a similar situation. A friend of mine who had two visits to the hospital from two separate wild trips to Vegas. He reported it to the FAA/his AME and had to go through the whole process of HIMS, took him a lot of money and valuable time. He always says he wished he never reported it to the FAA/his AME to begin with because the FAA never asks about hospital records.
Incorrect. They don't ask about "hospital records" but they ask about ANY health care you've received, and there's also a separate check-box for hospital admissions.
So if you don't report that, you're lying at least twice and on that form lying's a federal felony. Pilot's do go to jail for that...
FAA Looking at VA Records (Indictments!)
So the real question is "will they find out"? Dangerous game, not for the faint of heart.