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Old 10-11-2006, 12:57 PM
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I am on the road and dont have my FAR's with me. Is there an FAR that designates a time requirement relating donating blood and flying? We are having an argument and can not resolve it.
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Old 10-11-2006, 01:19 PM
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There is no FAR requirement, however many companies have policies regarding flight time limitiations following blood donations.
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It is in our GOM for our part 135 group.
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There is nothing in our GOM but would you consider 24 hours a reasonable number?
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There is nothing in our GOM but would you consider 24 hours a reasonable number?
That is what the Air Force used when I was still in, but don't know about now.
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IIRC, 24 hrs was what we used at ACA/Independence Air in our FOM.
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Old 10-14-2006, 10:50 AM
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72 Hours for the Army, with the caveat in the regulation that Army Aviators "should not be regular blood donors."
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Where I trained, we had to have 72 hours between donating and flying.
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72 everywhere I have worked, but also not recommended. It impacts your ability to adapt to altitude.
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