if any of those things are actually show stoppers for a special issuance
medical. I know the diabetic one is not but I'm less familiar with the
heart issues. If they are conditions for which you could get a special
issuance medical then you are fine. If they are not, then as others on
this list have said you fall into a gray area. Here's a very concise
summary of the problem that one of our renters received from an AOPA
specialist recently about a prohibited medication he was on:
"The Sport pilot ruling has a very large gray area and it is under that
gray area that the majority of sport pilots are flying. Technically,
you are correct that you should not be flying period because you are
taking a medication that is not accepted by the FAA yet. However, since
you and your Dr. have determined that you are not having any issues with
the medication, you can fly with your driver's license as a sport
pilot. This gray area will stay in force until someone crashes and it
is challenged legally. Of course, it is your decision if you fly as a
sport pilot or not, but as the ruling reads now, I would say that you
are legal under Sport Pilot. Be aware that if there is an incident or
accident or ramp check or anything that would cause the FAA to review
your medical information, they will tell your insurance company that you
were taking a non allowed medication and should not have been flying.
Your insurance company is unlikely to cover you under those
circumstances. It is a hard question for you I know but due to the gray
area, there really isn't a set answer."
I advised our renter to go talk to his doctor who issued him the
medication about his flying while using it and to ask him for a letter
stating it was safe to fly while on this medication. Hopefully if he
has that in hand the insurance company will have a harder time trying to
make a case against him should they every be involved.
Helen
dongeneda2000 wrote:
> I am one of those pilots that feel he could not pass a medical, so am interested in remaining a pilot - a sport pilot!
> I am 72, have not actually failed a medical, but have an ICD (Pacemaker and defibrillator combination) and am a diabetic, controlled by medications, no insulin, as well as the heart health problems that goes along with that.
> I think I can squeak by legally on the medical requirements of a Sport Pilot, but heard today that getting insurance would be nearly impossible, had not thought of that hurdle, I understand they grill you pretty thoroughly on health history.
> Has anyone information to share about this, would insurance be impossible to get?
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