Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Medical Inquiry

Thanks Helen, I think I will do as you recommended for your renter, had not thought of that. I am also taking 14 meds, will have to check on them as well. The aggravation is that I feel so well, and that is exactly what the meds and the ICD is SUPPOSED to do. We recently had a local commercial landing with a dead pilot, IF he had an ICD, he would have NOT been landing dead (his co pilot landed the plane). I wonder if the EAA would maybe give me some guidance as well.
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
>
> The first thing you might want to do is check with AOPA or an AME to see
> 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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