Long-standing Class 1 declared unfit years later – SOLI deadlock
I’m looking for practical ideas or experience rather than medical opinions.
I hold an EASA ATPL and earned my living as a professional pilot for many years.
I originally held a UK Class 1 medical, which was transferred to the LBA in 2019 without any objections. The medical was renewed several times thereafter.
In 2024, without any new medical findings or any change in my condition, the LBA reassessed the case and reached a different conclusion, declaring me unfit.
Since then, the LBA has also refused to allow a SOLI transfer to another EASA authority, effectively preventing any independent reassessment by a different CAA.
I’m not asking for a medical judgement here, but I would be interested to hear whether anyone has:
– seen similar cases where a long-standing medical was reinterpreted years later without new findings, and
– experienced a situation where the current authority then blocked SOLI, leaving no practical route for a second opinion.
At this point, I’m simply trying to understand whether anyone has ideas or has seen workable ways out of this kind of deadlock.