FAA vs. AF Medical Issues
06-02-2013 | 02:18 AM
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FAA vs. AF Medical Issues
How well do these organizations talk to each other? The AF recently diagnosed me with a medical condition and I was wondering if the FAA could find out about it before I report it at my next class I. In other words, do I need to call my AME immediately or can it wait until my next exam. I'm on furlough and do not exercise the priveledges of the Class I, just have it for applications.
06-02-2013 | 08:27 AM
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As far as I know, the FAA has no access to military medical records and I'm sure I would have heard. Also they are not going to read every pilot/service member's record and cross-check with your FAA medical history...far too much effort. The disability thing was low-hanging fruit...if somebody had a disability claim and an FAA medical at the same time there was a good chance of funny business, and the disability record told them exactly what they were looking for in one glance.
If you're not flying at all it's irrelevant, you are effectively "self grounded", which gets you off the hook until your next medical, or resumption of flying.
The only situation which requires specific timely notification of the FAA in all circumstances is DUI-type issues.
If you're not flying at all it's irrelevant, you are effectively "self grounded", which gets you off the hook until your next medical, or resumption of flying.
The only situation which requires specific timely notification of the FAA in all circumstances is DUI-type issues.
06-02-2013 | 12:22 PM
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06-30-2013 | 01:28 PM
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How well do these organizations talk to each other? The AF recently diagnosed me with a medical condition and I was wondering if the FAA could find out about it before I report it at my next class I. In other words, do I need to call my AME immediately or can it wait until my next exam. I'm on furlough and do not exercise the priveledges of the Class I, just have it for applications.
As long as you can legally fly with this condition it doesn't matter if FAA finds out or not before your next exam. There's no requirement to report otherwise; just self-ground, or impose appropriate limitations, if necessary.
And, if you're grounded, you don't have to apply until the condition has subsided. No sense paying money to be denied. The advice of a good AME here is essential.
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06-30-2013 | 01:31 PM
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Waldo, I think most of HIPAA is waived when you sign the FAA medical application, at least wrt the federal government sharing/disseminating between agencies. That stated, I don't know about DOD medicals and what permission they have, or who they can/will/do share with. I'd be flabbergasted, though, if data made it to FAA within, say, six months. Does DOD normally even know, officially, if any given pilot holds FAA certification, or a medical?
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