rickair7777

The FAA does this when the condition in question is likely to worsen in a short period of time such that it might become unsafe inside the normal interval for the medical in question.

A major airline (or a regional with flow) will read between the lines and assume that you might be a bad training investment due to the higher chance that you'll be medically disqualified at some point.

They also would rather not have you on their disability program...


Assuming JB is correct in his previous post, then you have some serious obstacles to obtaining and holding a 1C medical long-term.

He is correct in that you should get professional assistance in dealing with the FAA. Nobody on the internet can solve your problem, we can only help your SA about how it all works.

Once you get all the admin dust settled, then you need to have a serious discussion with a professional consultant about the likelihood that your conditions will remain stable and FAA certifiable for decades to come. Based on that conversation you can then balance the risk of investing in flight training vs. investing in something else.

Airlines are getting less strict in their medical standards, but they will of course require an FAA 1C, and some will give you an exam to verify that you can hold one. I'm not sure how they would deal with an SI, in the past that has been a no-go for some or most majors.

If you hold an FAA 1C of any sort I suspect you could get hired by some regional, but I don't even know that for sure. You could call some regionals and ask them...