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- Chapter 8. Medical Facts for Pilots › Section 1. Fitness for Flight › 8-1-1. Fitness For Flight
periodic medical examinations required for medical certification are conducted by designated Aviation Medical Examiners, who are physicians with a special interest in aviation safety and training in aviation medicine. 2. The standards for medical certification are contained ... part 67. Pilots who have a history of certain medical conditions described in these standards are mandatorily disqualified from flying. These medical conditions include a personality disorder manifested by overt acts, a psychosis, alcoholism, drug dependence, epilepsy, an unexplained disturbance…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Hydraulic Fluid › Alcohol
Alcohol Alcohol impairs the efficiency of the human body. [Figure 17-8] Studies have shown that consuming alcohol is closely linked to performance deterioration. Pilots must make hundreds of decisions, some of them time-critical, during the course ... correct decisions and take the appropriate actions during routine occurrences, as well as abnormal situations. The influence of alcohol drastically reduces the chances of completing a flight without incident. Even in small amounts, alcohol can impair judgment, decrease sense…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Obtaining a Medical Certificate
without satisfactory explanation of cause However, this list includes only the mandatory disqualifying conditions. There are many other medical conditions that fall into the General Medical Condition section of the regulations that are considered by the FAA to be disqualifying ... sclerosis, certain blood disorders, and other conditions that may progress over time require review by the FAA before a medical certificate may be issued. The important thing to remember is that with very few exceptions, all disqualifying medical conditions…
- 14 CFR § 91.1047 Drug and alcohol misuse education program.
Drug and alcohol misuse education program. (a) Each program manager must provide each direct employee performing flight crewmember, flight attendant, flight instructor, or aircraft maintenance duties with drug and alcohol misuse education. (b) No program manager may use any contract ... attendant, flight instructor, or aircraft maintenance duties for the program manager unless that contract employee has been provided with drug and alcohol misuse education. (c) Program managers must disclose to their owners and prospective owners the existence of a company…