Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Can someone with bipolar become a pilot?

Unfortunately, you are medically disqualified

Code of Federal Regulations
Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 67—MEDICAL STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION

§ 67.107
Mental standards for a third-class airman medical certificate are:
(a) No established medical history or clinical diagnosis of any of the following:
(3) A bipolar disorder.

Mental standards for a second-class airman medical certificate are:

(a) No established medical history or clinical diagnosis of any of the following:
(3) A bipolar disorder.

Mental standards for a first-class airman medical certificate are:

(a) No established medical history or clinical diagnosis of any of the following:
(3) A bipolar disorder.

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3 comments:

  1. But you can get a special waiver, even if you are initially medically disqualified by a test by the flight surgeon general

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  2. I would suggest reading this

    http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/media/guide.pdf

    and never giving up

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  3. But you can get a special waiver, even if you are initially medically disqualified by a test by the flight surgeon general

    (read more below but wanted to include this)

    ALDRIN Edwin Eugene Jr [Buzz], 1930-present, (bipolar disorder),
    United States Astronaut-second person to set foot on the moon. He and Neil Armstrong landed there in the Apollo Lunar Module on July 20, 1969. He was also the PILOT of the Gemini 12 space flight in 1966.
    {85}

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