STOMACH ULCERS

[girlpilot1978]

I WANT TO BE A COMMERCIAL PILOT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY HEALTH. I HAVE ULCERATIVE COILITUS. SHOULD THAT BE A CONCERN? IN CASE IF SOMEONE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT "ULCERATIVE COILITUS" IT IS LIKE CROHN'S DISEASE, BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD. IS THAT EVEN ASKED WHEN APPLYING FOR A JOB? I AM WORKING ON GETTING MY PRIVATE LICENSE PRETTY SOON. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS GET A PHYSICAL FOR THAT. I PASSED IT, BUT DO I HAVE TO GO TO FURTHER TESTS IN THE FUTURE. I AM TAKING MEDICATION FOR THIS MEDICAL PROBLEM. AS SOON AS I GET MY P.L. I WILL GO TO FLIGHT SCHOOL.

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[Nightrider]

Sweetie, stop shouting please...we passed the medical with good hearing so...
Guess only a med examiner can answer you this question, wish you good luck...

[Code Blue]

Girlpilot1978:

The regs vary from country to country, hence you need a local AME as mentioned.

The recurrent comments on various threads about shouting refer to your use of capital letters - netiquette regards them as the equivalent of shouting. http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/redface.gif

Good luck

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[This message has been edited by Code Blue (edited 22 May 2001).]

[Hew Jampton]

girlpilot1978
I see you are in the USA; the FAA Aeromedical Center is very helpful and you need to contact them. In Europe, under JAR regulations, ulcerative colitis is unfortunately a no-no for initial Class 1 medical certification (JAR-FCL 3), but if satisfactorily recovered for more than a year without symptoms or medication from a single acute episode. you might be all right. But do get on to the Feds, the address of their Federal and regional offices are at http://www.cami.jccbi.gov/

[This message has been edited by Hew Jampton (edited 23 May 2001).]