[ctennis1]

I have a good friend now who went in for his third class medical in October 2021, the doctor flagged a prescription he had previously been taking (but was no longer taking), and wanted clarification from the FAA. Now in April, it's still in the "review queue". Meanwhile he's grounded, with no end in sight as to when the answer will be returned.

Not only that, but once it's cleared, the medical date will be retroactive to October, so the renewal clock is ticking the whole time he can't be flying.

[landemva]

The COVID emergency use vaccines should prevent passing a flight physical. This is being widely ignored, apparently.

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/av...

'The FAA generally requires at least one-year of post-marketing experience with a new drug before consideration for aeromedical certification purposes.'

[munk-a]

That seems like a great example of the FFA getting out of the way of the necessary. Pandemic times are when rules need to be more flexible since we're responding to non-standard conditions.

If that rule wasn't waved pilots would need to chose between being more vulnerable to the pandemic vs. getting to draw an income for a year - that seems a lot worse than some rules being temporarily ignored.