Shoulder injury question.
Hi Everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this.
I am a serving UK Military pilot and have recently been grounded with a fairly minor muscular/ligament shoulder injury. It does not disable me significantly, but does give me some impingement and instablility in the joint. I am grounded because wearing heavy helmets, NVGs and survival equipment is exacerbating the injury.
The questions I have are:
1. All else being well, can I still get a Class 1 medical?
2. The military may insist I have an operation to give me a chance to return to flying. How would that affect my ability to get a Class 1?
3. Worst case, if I am medically discharged, would that affect my ability to get a Class 1, and if I do get a Class 1, a flying job?
Any advice that you can give would be great, I'm obviously concerned not only about my military flying in the medium term, but also the potential for a career outside should I need to go that way. Thank you.