Comments on: What are the health requirements to obtain a private pilot’s license? http://www.sejordan.com/?p=1263 Articles To Enrich Family Life Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:35:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Techwing http://www.sejordan.com/?p=1263&cpage=1#comment-2622 Techwing Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:19:53 +0000 http://www.sejordan.com/?p=1263#comment-2622 You should be in good general health and free of any medical conditions which might cause you to become incapacitated in flight, such as epilepsy, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension (because of the increased risk of incapacitating heart problems or stroke), etc. You can get a license if you are color-blind. If you can pass any one of about two dozen approved color vision tests, you can get an unrestricted license. Otherwise, you'll generally get a license that doesn't allow night flight or flight without a working radio. That's how it works in the U.S. Other countries may differ. In general, the medical requirements for pilots are still very strict and somewhat inconsistent—if you've ever had a seizure in your life, you might be disqualified, but if you take a drug like ethanol daily, no problem. The FAA claims that at least 95% of all applicants can obtain a medical certification allowing them to fly. If you can't get a license, you can still fly, but only with a licensed pilot who acts as pilot in command. So you could fly a small Cessna with yourself and a licensed pilot friend on board, for example. You should be in good general health and free of any medical conditions which might cause you to become incapacitated in flight, such as epilepsy, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension (because of the increased risk of incapacitating heart problems or stroke), etc.

You can get a license if you are color-blind. If you can pass any one of about two dozen approved color vision tests, you can get an unrestricted license. Otherwise, you’ll generally get a license that doesn’t allow night flight or flight without a working radio.

That’s how it works in the U.S. Other countries may differ.

In general, the medical requirements for pilots are still very strict and somewhat inconsistent—if you’ve ever had a seizure in your life, you might be disqualified, but if you take a drug like ethanol daily, no problem. The FAA claims that at least 95% of all applicants can obtain a medical certification allowing them to fly.

If you can’t get a license, you can still fly, but only with a licensed pilot who acts as pilot in command. So you could fly a small Cessna with yourself and a licensed pilot friend on board, for example.

]]> By: Jimmbbo http://www.sejordan.com/?p=1263&cpage=1#comment-2621 Jimmbbo Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:32:43 +0000 http://www.sejordan.com/?p=1263#comment-2621 Basic good health without a history of diabetes, hypertension, heart or mental condition or physical inability to control the aircraft, decent vision, warm and breathing ;) Basic good health without a history of diabetes, hypertension, heart or mental condition or physical inability to control the aircraft, decent vision, warm and breathing ;)

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