Can I Pass The FAA Medical Exam

can you pass an faa medical and what happens if you can't [Music] hey everyone jason schappert here m0a.com and we're going back to the basics here today we're going back to learning about things like the faa medical how to become a pilot prepping for our written test prep and for a check ride really kicking off the new a third edition of our private pilot blueprint privatepopblueprint.com if you haven't already got your copy one last bit of news to get out of the way you know i'm also a big fan of drones as a remote pilot we're giving away dji's new avada fpv drone more details found at m0acontest.com if you want to be entered to win that and a chance to dive into some fun drone flying so taking from the private pilot blueprint we talk about everything i wish someone had told me before i started my training the question is well how do i get a medical can i even get a medical let's go way back to the beginning who even needs an faa medical well if you want to be a student pilot private pilot commercial pilot atp an instructor in airplanes acting as pic you need a medical you know technically students don't need a medical until you're ready to fly solo but i'll tell you and we'll talk about this more in a second i recommend getting it done early just in case there's any issues who doesn't need a medical remote pilots drone pilots don't need a medical glider sport balloon ground instructors instructors in the sim or anyone using something called basic med more about basic med here in a second now you'll remember or maybe this will be news to you there are three classes of medicals the third class medical is for private pilot non-commercial operations a second-class medical is for commercial pilots and a first-class medical is for airline transport pilots and as you can imagine a first is more rigorous than a second which is more rigorous than a third class medical if you intend on making flying a career you might want to ensure that you can hold a first class medical i remember early on when i knew aviation was gonna be a career for me i was a 17 18 year old kid going out to get a medical and i got a first class medical i certainly wasn't going off to the airlines anytime soon but i had those aspirations and i wanted to make sure hey let's make sure i can even earn a first class medical and that everything is good before i pursue this and invest all this money in this dream now how do we apply for a medical well a lot has changed in this space now we use something called med express and it's all done online it's an faa website you enter all your personal data in there your medical history and you must have this completed prior to making an appointment with what's called an a m e aviation medical examiner ames are going to use this info you put in med express during the exam and i recommend to bring the summary sheet you'll get a summary sheet from medexpress print that out bring that with you and i know i don't have to say this but always be honest about your medical history it's gonna come up so you might as well just put it out there from there you make an appointment with an ame and you can find a list of them on the faa's website now this may not be a popular opinion and i'm sure i'm sure may get some flack for saying this this is just jason's professional opinion but i personally only go to ames that are pilots i'm sure there are so many great ames out there they're not pilots and this is not this is not a dig or by any means this is my personal i'll even call it a bias right i like going to an ami as a pilot not only so he can talk shop and everything else but i feel an ame who is a pilot understands my mission understands my dream understands hey let's uh come back to me in six months and let's work on this this this and this right there they're willing to to work and to guide you through what somehow will say and know is a lengthy process in fact would somebody be so humble to share in the comments has anybody ever fought the good fight with an faa medical you don't have to i realize that's not you know popular to share that but if you ever fought the good fight with nfa medical give some maybe some insight to the story down below if you can but another option is ask your local flight school ask pilots at the airport who do they recommend going to for an ame by the way plan on spending 100 to 150 bucks on this now as far as certification goes there's really four options you're going to get your certificate issued denied disqualified or withdrawn so if a pass examination is received you're going to receive your faa medical now some situations are going to result in a denial disqualification or withdrawal for an example more testing may just need to be done or even more extreme and for better or for worse the faa may actually overturn an ame decision through like a comprehensive review examples of this maybe there's a certain uh like a mental illness like bipolar heart disease or a type of diabetes epilepsy even substance abuse by the way can be grounds for denial or further review and those are just examples it may not mean the answer is no additional review may just be necessary now if you have a medical issue that requires further evaluation the thing you need to ask for and i mean it when i say fight the good fight if you've done this you know what i'm talking about it's called a soda soda statement of demonstrated ability soda and this is going to take its additional medical tests to determine if you can be issued a soda sodas can be done for issues like color blindness coronary heart disease um even deaf applicants as well in there things that require additional testing and evaluation or a continued monitoring of health very good friend of mine insulin dependent diabetic everyone told them if maybe you can earn a medical but you're going to be fighting the good fight well we fought the good fight a multi-year battle um and we won that battle he was issued a soda um i i've heard of sodas and and no of ground school members who've become good friends of both magda and i who are deaf and have earned their faa medical if you are willing to fight the good fight you can earn your fa medical and you want there's organizations out there to help you did you know there's the deaf pilots association did you know aopa has an entire medical arm to help you with these always consult an ame for specific information though about your own personal health now i know i'm running along here but i need to dive into a really uh topic near and dear to my heart um congratulations on everybody who fought the good fight to get us what's called basic med i'm a big big fan of basic med it's really an alternative way for a pilot to fly without holding an faa medical certificate as long as they meet certain criteria now here's the catch though you need to have held a medical certificate at some point since july 14 2006 if you've never had a medical before you need to do it at least once and then you open up the realm of basic med from there what do i need to fly under basic med well you need to hold a current and valid us driver's license uh as mentioned have or have held uh an faa medical um a point after july 14 2006 is the date you need to answer some health questions on what's called a comprehensive medical examination checklist a cmaq cmec get your physical exam by a state licensed physician and have that physician complete the cmec and this is not the same by the way as an ame this is your personal doctor i imagine most you get annual health checkups anyways it's the same doctor that does that um essentially you then need to go and complete a course online there's two course providers two major ones aopa the mayo clinic they're free to do and then you open up some amazing privileges so you need to have your cmec that's showing your most recent physical exam within the past 48 months you need to get treated by a physician for any medical condition that may affect the safety of that flight and have that course completion certificate issued that basic medical training course by that provider aopa mayo clinic in the past 24 calendar months now what are your privileges here listen to this you can conduct any operation that you would otherwise with a third class medical except fly an aircraft that is authorized to carry no more than 6 occupants including yourself fly with no more than 5 passengers fly an aircraft with a max certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6 000 pounds operate under vfr or ifr i love that within the us at an indicated airspeed of 250 knots or less at an altitude at or below 18 000 feet msl and you may not fly for compensation or higher so that's basic men now just because you have your medical or you have basic med does that mean you can always go blaze into the skies well no you still have to think about that day you start to think about the i'm safe checklist you don't think about that real world decision making that's something we talk about so much inside the online ground school inside the private pilot blueprint um you think about this like even over-the-counter medications what if you're taking something that says do not operate heavy machinery well an airplane's heavy machinery in fact the faa has no go medications of over-the-counter medications and here's what it says you need to wait at least five dosage intervals after the last dose before flying what does that mean i'll break down the math for you let's say the medication package says take every four to six hours worst case say six hours six times five five dosage intervals 30 hours recommended as a grounding period it's your responsibility uh to know what you take and and how it affects your your faculties and your ability to fly you know what m0a we're all about that real world prep that real world go and no go decision making this is a topic that just doesn't get covered much do me a favor share this with somebody who needs to hear this share this with somebody who needs some inspiration and will you give some inspiration to others i know there's people watching this right now who have fought the good fight on an fa medical and succeeded would you just leave a word of encouragement for somebody else in the comments down below because you're going to impact people now for for years and for generations and help future pilots again to get the new book private privatepilotblueprint.com have a blessed abundant outstanding rest your day and most importantly remember good pilot is always learning have a great day everybody you

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Length: 11min 33sec (693 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 08 2022