In a video posted Jan. 18, 2024, of the FAA series “Pilot Minute,” Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, goes over requirements for BasicMed and the mental health, neurologic, or cardiac conditions that would require a pilot — by law — to be reexamined by an FAA designee Aviation Medical Examiner (AME).
I just typed a lengthy comment about how the FAA medical department and
Panelists have lied to me and abused me for nearly five years. Multiple times . In writing. For some reason , the comment disappeared. The FAA medical department answers to no one. THEY ARE ABSOLUTE LIARS , and I have written proof from multiple doctors who have examined me , including at Mayo Aerospace, and certified I’m qualified . Mayo wrote ” he is safe to fly “. .
The FAA has four “panelists” who don’t exam, test , meet , nor even talk to pilots, Yet, they have authority to over-rule doctors who have done all of the above and certified a pilot is qualified. It should be criminal for FAA employees and others to lie to a person, lie about a person, and destroy his way of life. That is exactly what they have done, and there is no path to justice.
THE FAA MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IS A SHAM -A NATIONAL DISGRACE. YET THEY GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY TWO PILOTS FOR EVERY 1,000 CITIZENS. Since 1976 , I have 13,000 hours , no accidents, no violations , 4,000 hours IFR, mostly in high-performance planes. . Owned and flown more that 50 different planes.
Your post post is RIGHT THERE below the second one.
After I had an exam in 2017 that wasn’t even required , my medical was stolen when it expired on 4-30-19 by the liars in the FAA medical department . I have NEVER had any symptoms, clinically significant conditions, or “treatment. The FAA has made absolutely false statements about me . In writing – Multiple times. The FAA “panelist ” has never examined, tested, me, nor even talked to me , yet he “suggested ” Mayo Aerospace misread charts when they certified I am ” safe to fly”. Of course, the “panelist” is so proud of his statement he didn’t even sign his name. The FAA has NEVER answered a single question of mine – For nearly five years. A doctor at Mayo Aerospace , where the FAA demanded I go , told me “when you get your medical back, DON’T EVER HAVE ANOTHER EXAM THAT ISN’T REQUIRED ” . He knows you’re going to be lied-to and abused . With no path to justice. I was required to appeal to the NTSB , the NTSB responded that they don’t have authority to issue an unrestricted medical , and in italicized print wrote ” AND FURTHERMORE, THE FAA DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVE AN AIRMAN IS UNFIT TO FLY TO DENY THE MEDICAL. ” What they have done to me is criminal. . NEVER , EVER TRUST THE FAA MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . You have a better chance against a rattlesnake, because it will warn you that it wants to destroy you. The FAA will not . An FAA jerk in OKC told me ” Basic Med Is a TERRIBLE PROGRAM ” . I started charting my workouts after the FAA stole my medical. In 4 1/2 years I lifted weights, and did cardio workouts for over 5,000 hours , lifting more that 1.5 BILLION pounds of weight ., and averaging a lift of 100-110 LBs every 1.1 to 1.3 seconds. Two different times I hired a certified fitness specialist to certify the workouts, including one time when I did FIVE consecutive “Bruce Protocol ” treadmill tests without stopping the treadmill or missing a step. The requirement for a medical is ONE . .Bottom line is this . IF YOU WANT TO KEEP FLYING , USE BASIC MED . Anything that the FAA hates so badly has to be good. My history : pilot since 1976, 13,000 hours , no accidents, no violations. Mostly in high performance planes up to King Air 200 with Blackhawk engines.
If you don’t think they can do it to you , think again.
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Once you have gotten the SI, you are free to go back to Basic Med. It requires another state physician physical plus the online test. BTDT – was on BM, had a stent, got the SI, got another BM physical and submitted the online test. Good for another 2/4 years. I won’t have to trouble with FAA Med unless another event interrupts Basic Med.
My understanding of BasicMed was that if you had one of the three medical conditions outlined the you would need a one time only SI to move onto BasicMed. No other requirements are mentioned except that if you develop additional or worsening conditions asssociated with the original three conditions requiring the SI, you were legal to continue on under BasicMed without further oversight by FAA Aeromedical.
The language of that video is somewhat absent of the regulations language centering around the one time requirement stated in the language. This is a significant issue that needs pinning down.
Has there been any clarification of “coronary heart disease that has required treatment” from the FAA? That language is potentially very expansive, because some doctors argue that everyone over the age of about 10 in the US has some degree of coronary heart disease, and any action taken to slow its advance could be interpreted as “required treatment”.
AOPA has clarified that “required treatment” means a “stent, bypass or angioplasty” but I haven’t seen that clarification in any FAA documents. If a future FAA aeromedical services representative were to argue, in an FAA proceeding, that – for example – taking cholesterol-lowering drugs represented “treatment of coronary heart disease” would a pilot have any document they could point to, in their defense?
On BasicMed, and confident I can pass at least a Class 3 medical, but will see an AME to fly into Canada. However, if I for some reason at age 71 I might not pass a Class 3 medical — and if MOSAIC continues to be elusive — I’ll be selling the airplane.
Not clear from the VIDEO as to if a pillot that originally entered in the FAA Basic Med program while at the time that his 3rd Class Medical was valid, how the fact that that 3rd Class Medical had being issued under Special Med will affect one flying under Basic Med and some future point or date in time.
Does that initial Special Issuance on the 3rd class medical might require one to undergo another medical and go through the Special Issuance process again in order to continue flying under Basic Med after any specific number of years?.
This would be in a case were the Basic Med has been renewed as per regulations at the 2 year term, and then new Basic Med medical exam done as per regulations upon the renewal this year (4th). If none of the pilots medical conditions have changed, and no new Medical conditions (Mental Health, Neurologic, Cardiac) have been developed, will at some point the Basic Med holder STILL need to undergo another official FAA Medical and go through their Special Issuance process?
Will appreciate this being clarified.
I would like that clarified as well.
I “have” a cardiac issue (per the FAA Med group) where my cardiac MD completely disagreed with the FAA. I need no treatment of any kind. No pace maker, no blood thinners, no bypasses, NOTHING!
And I think my SR AME concurred. But the FAA wins because they are the FAA and gave me an SI.
I talked with someone at AOPA and they said I was free and clear of the FAA Medical group and this video indicates the opposite.