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Dec, 2022
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Did you know that your AME conducts an assessment for sleep apnea during your FAA medical examination? In 2015, the FAA made it a requirement that your Aviation Medical Examiner (“AME”) conduct a risk assessment for obstructive sleep apnea (“sleep apnea”) on every airman being examined for FAA medical certification. The FAA encourages AMEs to …
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Dec, 2022
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Is it possible to get a FAA medical certificate with sleep apnea? Yes! It is possible to be issued a FAA medical certificate with obstructive sleep apnea (“sleep apnea”), but you will also need to be granted a special issuance authorization. A special issuance authorization can be better understood as a “waiver.” When an airman …
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May, 2022
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Obtaining your FAA medical with past anxiety is not impossible. If you are like a lot of people, you may have had anxiety at one point or another in your life. If your history of anxiety was limited to a short period of time, achieving medical certification with the FAA may be relatively straight forward. …
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Jan, 2022
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Do you have questions regarding your FAA medical and VA disability benefits? A frequent question asked of our firm is whether an applicant for FAA medical certification needs to report his or her receipt of VA disability benefits to the FAA. There seems to be a good deal of confusion, somewhat caused by the Department …
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Jan, 2022
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Do you have questions regarding your FAA medical certificate and benign prostatic hyperplasia? Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlargement of the prostate, is a common condition that airmen experience. Fortunately, benign prostatic hyperplasia does not have to be a roadblock to your FAA medical certificate. Specifically, the FAA has identified a relatively straightforward process for achieving …
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