Drug testing?
Hi all
Hope all is well.
Just got a quick question really.
A friend of mine who has been bodybuilding for a while now decided, 3 months ago, to take a cycle of a steroid by the name of Deca-Durabolin. He finished this cycle and decided against the use of steroids and to stick with the natural route for numerous reasons im sure you can understand.
Anyway after having numerous flights with myself and many discussions he has set his sights on a career as a pilot. Now i told him the first thing he should do is to get a class one medical cert before spending any money. The problem arises with this short cycle of the above mentioned steroid, apparently this particular steroid stays in the system for 18 months.
I know that they do a urine test and take 2 samples of blood through my experience so his question is...
Do they (caa doctors) test for drugs such as this in both the initial AND the renewals?
Its also a convenience thing because he is visiting some friends near gatwick soon so it would be convenient to kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak.
Hope you can help
Thanks for your time
John