Avoid This Mistake! | FAA Medical Certificates Explained

[@PilotInstituteAirplanes]

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[@larstalsness7197]

Very well done video as always. I wanted to mention that those disqualifying conditions are eligible for Special Issuance by the FAA, provided the applicant can meet follow up testing requirements.

[@gdavis8588]

If you're young enough you have thirty years to fight it.

[@jessesosh7052]

Great video, Greg! Currently going through Pilot Institutes online groundschool and I'm very pleased with the course. Little thing I'd like to add, simply because it's rarely mentioned, as long as you have 20/20 correctable in one eye you can actually get a SODA for mono-vision as well!

[@PilotInstituteAirplanes]

Great tip - thanks!

[@deeremeyer1749]

Yeah. But will you get insured or ever be more than "single engine land" WITH every "restriction" under the son. AND you have to find an INSTRUCTOR to teacb you AND let you solo in "his" plane and an EXAMINER to pass you. Not going to happen. Just like "online ground school" won't "count" when you actually start "flying lessons". It's also basically impossible to be 20-30 in one eye "correctable" and BLIND IN THE OTHER. When one eye does all the work - which is more like 4 times the work since "mono vision" simply can't do "half" what stereoscopic AND "binocular" vision does - "eye fatique" is not occasional when you do things outside your "normal routine". It's CONSTANT and instead of being irritating or aggravating it is debilitating. As for "correctable" run that by an optometrist thats an MD. Contact lenses are not an option for "monovision" because contacts - just like eyeglaases - are NOT "corrective lenses". And they are NOT recommended even when one eye is "only" significantly weaker than the other because inevitably eventually people have "issues" with contact lenses just like eyeglasses. They.lose them or damage them or forget them somewhere or use them too long and/or incorrectly in situations where they'd be better off without them BUT they keep them in or on because they don't WANT to lose or damage or forget them. Weak eyes are weak eyes forever. And lenses aren't eye "workouts". They're eye "crutches". Sprain an ankle badly and get on crutches and "overuse" rhem and you slow the healing process and weaken the whole leg because its not working. And glasses are no different and can be even worse. They can cause glares and reflections depending on lighting conditions. And when something happens to glasses it happens to both lenses. Contacts are lost or damaged individually usually. Using only one isn't "ideal" but it's better than having none. You're just not going to be a one-eyed pilot. Period. At least not a competent and capable and therefore confident and SAFE one. And that's what "ground school" and corrective lenses are for. Safety. Most people with glasses or contacts can barely DRIVE without them or at least not confidently. Just because there are no road signs in the sky doesn't mean you don't need good stereoscopic vision, depth perception etc and TWO EYES TO SHARE THE WORK. ONE EYE IS NOT SIMPLY HALF OF A PAIR. YOU LOSE MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR FIELD OF VISION AND ALL OF YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION ON ONE SIDE. YOU DON'T HAVE A "BLIND SPOT" DRIVING A CAR. YOU HAVE TWO. ONE TO EITHER SIDE.. I'M ALL FOR OVERCOMING "CHALLENGES" AND IF YOU WANT TO BE THE LITERAL "EYE IN THE SKY" YOU CAN DO SO IN AN ULTRALIGHT OR POWERED PARACHUTE ETC AND "GET A FEEL" FOR WHAT FLYING "HALF BLIND" FEELS LIKE "ON THE CHEAP" AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THOSE AIRCRAFT OFFER THE BEST VISIBILITY THERE IS. AS CLOSE TO TRULY "OPEN COCKPIT" AS POSSIBLE. "REAL AIRPLANES" ARE "CAGES" BY COMPARISON. THE NUMBER ONE REASON LIGHT PLANES AND GENERAL AVIATION NEVER CAME CLOSE TO BECOMING AS "COMMON IN THE SKY" AS CARS ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AND "TEST FLIGHTS" IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT "BACK IN THE DAY" DID EVERY BIT AS MUCH TO "BREAK THE DEAL" AS TEST DRIVES IN CARS "MAKE THE DEAL".. AND STILL DO. THEY ARE CRAMPED AND NOISY AND ROUGH ON THE "GROUND" AND WAY ROUGHER IN THE AIR. VISIBILITY IS HORRIBLE AND MOST OF ALL.FOR REAR SEAT PASSEMGERS WHO CAN AT LEAST LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS IN CARS. AND ROLL.DOWN WINDOWS. AND SEE EVERTHING PEOPLE UP FRONT SEE THAT'S WORTH LOOKING AT AND MORE. EVEN "UP FRONT" VISION IS FOR SHIT. IUNLESS YOU'RE OVER 6' YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE "OVER THE DASH" OR "OVER THE HOOD". AND "MODERN" AIRCRAFT WITH "GLASS.COCKPITS" ARE EVEN WORSE. LCD AND LCD SPLAYS NEED TO BE VIEWED AS FRONT AND CENTER AT "EYE LEVEL" AS POSSIBLE. AND NOT IN "DIRECT SUNLIGHT". THE "DARKER THE BETTER". SO SEATS HAVE GOTTEN LOWER AND INSTRUMENT PANELS TALLER AND THERE IS LESS AND LESS GLASS AREA AND THE GLASS IS "DARKER" WITH TINT. "GLASS COCKPITS" AND "NAVIGATION AIDS" AND "AUTOPILOTS" IN "MODERN" ARE A NECESSITY BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY SOMEONE OF "AVERAGE HEIGHT" CAN SEE "OVER THE DASH" WELL ENOUGH TO SEE A DISTANT LANDMARK AND HAND FLY TOWARD IT AND WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE A QUARTER OF THE ACTUAL HORIZON FLYING "STRAIGHT AND LEVEL" IS PRETTY HARD.

[@Ava44322]

As a student pilot your Med certificate lasts up to 5 years, if you remain a student

[@williamk5998]

If you are less than 40 when you get the certificate

[@NazriBuang-w9v]

Lies again? Only Fans USD SGD

[@RaulEduardoDTrewethanLozano]

Great Video as always guys! thanks for the info!!

[@DS-wo5hd]

Is there a blood test? I hate needles 🫨🫨

[@LauraLaster747]

I slightly disagree. A 2nd class medical is going to evaluate all the things a 1st class medical will (provided you’re under age 40) so why not start with a 2nd class when you start the flight training? I definitely agree that you should NOT start with a 3rd class if you intend to have an airline career.

[@PilotInstituteAirplanes]

Good point! If you’re under 40, a 2nd class is fine initially.

[@drbooo]

In order to fly with basic med, you have to had passed a class 3 medical. first.

[@bryanmaxwell7332]

Been flying GA since 1985….no medical…I don’t bother…1976 Cessna 182Q….

[@gdavis8588]

Good plan. I have a rare blood vessel disorder, which is hereditary, which was undiagnosed until a few years ago. I made the mistake of being honest and am now forever disqualified. Funny thing is, I've never had any issues with it. The FAA just arbitrarily decided I'm unsafe. I'm no more unsafe than anyone else my age. Honesty is not always the best policy.

[@bobwilly1088]

Can somebody give me an example because in the far it says the last day of the month after the month of the date of examination kind of confusing

[@krushnajadhav500]

Brother is there height rejection?

[@holgerrn]

No restrictions on maximum height for medical purposes. Each aircraft has its own height issues however. Some general aviation craft won’t fit people over 6’2” for example.