Originally Posted by
dera
With the FOM?
Not just the FOM. You were not in compliance with the FARs.
I would also reconsider the story about getting an ACARS mid line-check about a medical issue to RTG. That just did not happen. No-one reviews that stuff real time. You are leaving something out of the story, and that is a huge red flag for anyone.
I can assure you I’m not. That’s how it happened. LCA had no issue and let us push. Acars came saying RTG. LCA made a quick call from the jumpseat to his supervisor I believe and said I had both half’s of the medical but it was still a no-go. Senior LCA as well. He told me unfortunately this will have to be an unsat since we couldn’t complete the flight. Next day the FAA representative at my airline got in touch with me and asked some questions. Even he wasn’t really sure it was a an issue. I had to show him the chapter in our FOM that states “medical must be intact.” Perhaps this is a newer issue? Fleet management suggested it was. But there ended up being a bunch of cases of this after me. It was especially prevalent in the furloughs that returned.
And for the record, my story I’m saying on here is not what is on my application. The application is a very brief explanation of have a non-compliant medical and caused me to be removed from flying status for a few days. I have no choice but to take responsibility and I’m certainly not going to try and shift any blame on an application or in an interview.