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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "gbowen@ptialaska.net" <gbowen@ptialaska.net>
I too have a CDL Class A, and that's not revoked by DOT. After dealing
with the FAA Med Div now for over 6 mos, I've concluded what we have here
is a bunch of gov't civil servants who are more worried about their jobs
and guaranteed pensions (unlike the public sector pensions), to make a
normally simple decision. They must assume if they ok someone to fly with
a special issuance medical they're accountable to someone or something
legally for letting this person fly again. Not so. Accountability rest
solely with PIC, always has and always will, just like a CDL License to
drive the 80,000lbs of gasoline down the road at 75 mph. You cannot sue
the gov't in civil court for doing their jobs, right or wrong, these folks
at FAA medical are just civil servants with Gov't Service ratings,
unfortunately, their decisions cannot be forced, any more than you could
force the Post Office to "find" your lost mail. Or, FEMA to do their jobs
in LA. REAL Problem- no medical, therefore no airplane insurance. I've
talked to a lot of Alaskan pilots with Class I, II and ATP ratings, many
have told me they go to their private Dr first for a check-up including EKG
before going to an FAA AME. A couple I know have gone to an Atril Fib
clinic U of VA to get the shock paddle treatment on the QT to fix their
problems before going back to the AME. AF can be sometimes fixed with
shock paddles (CLEAR!!!!!), and or an ablation process that they run a
cateter up the artery and nuke the errant electro heart circuits, some AK
ATP's have had this done on the QT so they can keep their pro jobs in the
airline industry, so says my Iditerod Air Force Heart Specialist Dr. Best
bet, do the LSA thing if there's a med problem and you just flying for the
pure fun of it, or get it fixed on the QT after finding first, don't let
the FAA in your life. You can never get rid of them and you cannot force
them to make a decision.
Gordon Bowen
N-1033B Homer AK
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From: Rick Holland at7000ft@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: LSA rules
Excellent point Leon, a person with a denied third class medical can rumble
down the crowded hiway at 80 mph with a 100,000 lbs of gasoline but can't
fly a 255+ lb airplane over an emply field by himself. Its enough to make
someone look seriously at a part 103 ultralight.
RH
On 11/22/05, Leon Stefan <lshutks@webtv.net> wrote:
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> Government nuttiness-- I had a heart attack a year and half ago.
> Fortunately my med was expired at the time. When I get the Piet flying I
> am going to slide back into flying under the lsa-lsp. I drive a truck,
> have a Com. driver license ( CDL ) with DOT medical. The DOT never said
> squat about my CDL medical. Just that I need a release from my DR. (I
> did ) and that the medical salutation had to be taken care of. (it was
> ) and I was back to work blasting down the highway passing oncoming
> school buses ( some can hold 80 kids ) at a closing speed of 130 mph! We
> all know what the FAA would have done if I wanted to continue my airmen
> medical. I can potentially do more damage in the truck than I ever could
> in an airplane. The FAA falls under the DOT!!! How can one hand be so
> different from the other hand when both are connected to the same body?
> Go figure. Leon S. Kansas. Glad I can still work. Glad for the EAA and
> their work on the lsa. lsp. Do not archive.
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Galen Hutcheson <wacopitts@yahoo.com>
I agree that if you know you have a disqualifing
condition, you should NOT attempt to get a medical.
You will find no friends in the aeromedical people and
you run the risk of having to spend mega-bucks trying
keep your medical. I am an ex-AME and I know that
once you are denied a medical, then the rat race is on
and you most probably will not get your medical
without a fight and without spending a ton of money.
I believe that the LSA is the FAA's way of letting us
keep flying when we otherwise would be grounded. The
medical rules, despite how ambigouous they are, are
stamped in granite and are unlikely to change anytime
soon. If you want to keep flying then the LSA in the
best way to do it.
Doc (H) Do Not Archive
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