Originally Posted by
Grumble
There's no emotion and no sterotyping. However with the way doctors currently throw medication at patients just to see what sticks, it poses huge concerns. Different drugs cause different potential side effects. It's the POTENTIAL that concerns me. "If there's any doubt, there is no doubt."
I'm not making a blanket statement that any medication should ground a dude forever, however there needs to be an evaluation period first. I don't know call it 3-6 months? That's really up to someone smarter than me to decide. Let a guy go on head meds, but ground him during that period. If it helps and he exhibits no side effects, then he goes back to flying and stays on meds.
It's the guy that flips out on his meds while behind the controls that concerns me.
Isn't there going to be a one year period for monitoring BEFORE released back to fly (or something like that) ?
The "experts" are the physicians, psychiatrists and psycologists that convinced the FAA. They are not to be confused with the characters babbling away on this forum, many of whom are in serious need of either meds themselves or at the very least a comprehensive evaluation for them.