Diabetes and sport license

[ozone]

Question brought to me by a fellow CAP member: can someone who was denied a 3rd class medical in 1998 due to diabetes. Can they now get checked out for a sport pilot license?

 

[38bat]

Nope, they would have to get their medical back and then let it expire. Most recent cannot have been revoked or denied.

 

[My Flight Surgeon]

38bat is correct.

 

[ozone]

How would one get their medical "back" if it was denied the first go-round? That seems like a catch-22 for those who want to go for a sport license.

This individual has, according to him, had their diabetes under good control since the diagnosis. The diagnosis was made during the FAA medical exam while he was a student pilot.

Is there some sort of appeal process or anything else?

 

[My Flight Surgeon]

He needs to do this: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...ame/guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/diabetes_med/
and do another medical. This includes sending all the info requested in the link to the FAA by the AME. This sill result in a Special Issuance.

 

[ozone]

awesome, thank you and I will pass the information along.