whats so bad about this is that they have to pass a rigorous physical on a regular basis (first class medical) so unless the docs are rubber stamping them (and if they are they are liable) these "underlying heart/medical issues" should have been known and prevented them from even becoming commercial pilots at this level.
>Airman Medical Certfication - AOPA Pilots who are age 40 and older will still renew a third class medical every 24 months. First class medical certificates are now valid for 12 months for pilots who had not reached age 40 at the time of their medical examinations. Pilots age 40 and over will continue to renew a first class medical every six months.
The FAA parameters regarding heart problems were quietly updated post jab rollout regarding a “passing” ekg.
This you beat me to this. It looked like a small change but with respect to a ekg test it was rather a large parameter shift.
“And they didn’t widen the range by a little. They widened it by a lot,” Kirsch noted.
Kirsch said the PA range (a measure of heart function) for pilots used to be in the range of .12 to .2. “It is now .12 to .3 and potentially even higher. This is a very wide range; it accommodates people who have cardiac injury.”
> it accommodates people who have cardiac injury.” >>
Yup.
oh wow guess I missed that I've been out of it for a while....
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