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Medical
Certificate
Pilot Type
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First-Class
Airline Transport Pilot
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Second-Class
Commercial Pilot
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Third-Class
Private Pilot
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| DISTANT VISION |
20/20 or better in
each eye separately, with or
without correction. |
20/40 or better in
each eye separately, with or without
correction. |
| NEAR VISION |
20/40 or better in
each eye separately (Snellen
equivalent), with or without
correction, as measured at 16
inches. |
INTERMEDIATE
VISION |
20/40 or better in
each eye separately (Snellen
equivalent), with or without
correction at age 50 and over, as
measured at 32 inches. |
No requirement. |
| COLOR VISION |
Ability to perceive
those colors necessary for safe
performance of airman duties. |
| HEARING |
Demonstrate hearing
of an average conversational voice
in a quiet room, using both ears at
6 feet, with the back turned to the
examiner or pass one
of the audiometric tests below. |
| AUDIOLOGY |
Audiometric
speech discrimination test: Score at
least 70% reception in one ear.
Pure tone audiometric test. Unaided,
with thresholds no worse than: |
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500 Hz
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1,000 Hz
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2,000 Hz
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3,000 Hz
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| Better Ear |
35 Db
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30 dB
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30 dB
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40 dB
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| Worst Ear |
35 dB
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50 dB
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50 dB
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60 dB
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| ENT |
No ear disease or
condition manifested by, or that may
reasonably be expected to maintained
by, vertigo or a disturbance of
speech or equilibrium. |
| PULSE |
Not disqualifying
per se. Used to determine cardiac
system status and responsiveness. |
| BLOOD PRESSURE |
No specified values
stated in the standards. The current
guideline maximum value is 155/95. |
ELECTRO-
CARDIOGRAM (ECG) |
At age 35 and
annually after age 40 |
Not routinely
required. |
| MENTAL |
No diagnosis of
psychosis, or bipolar disorder, or
severe personality disorders. |
SUBSTANCE
DEPENDENCE AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE |
A diagnosis or
medical history of "substance
dependence" is disqualifying unless
there is established clinical
evidence, satisfactory to the
Federal Air Surgeon, of recovery,
including sustained total abstinence
from the substance(s) for not less
than the preceding 2 years. A
history of "substance abuse" within
the preceding 2 years is
disqualifying. "Substance" includes
alcohol and other drugs (i.e., PCP,
sedatives and hynoptics, anxiolytics,
marijuana, cocaine, opioids,
amphetamines, hallucinogens, and
other psychoactive drugs or
chemicals). |
DISQUALIFYING
CONDITIONS |
Examiner must
disqualify if the applicant has a
history of: (1)
Diabetes mellitus requiring
hypoglycemic medication; (2)
Angina pectoris;
(3)
Coronary heart disease that has
been treated or, if untreated, that
has been symptomatic or clinically
significant; (4)
Myocardial infarction;
(5)
Cardiac valve replacement; (6)
Permanent cardiac pacemaker;
(7)
Heart replacement; (8)
Psychosis; (9)
Bipolar disorder (10)
Personality Disorder; (11)
Substance dependence; (12)
Substance abuse;
(13)
Epilepsy; (14)
Disturbance of consciousness and
without satisfactory explanation of
cause, and (15)
Transient loss of control of nervous
system function(s) without
satisfactory explanation of cause.
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