Will pneumonia permanently ground pilots?
I might have a small case of pneumonia, I just got my 3rd class medical and am exstreamy worried! Will this cause any complications with my current medical? Do I need to speak with my AME? Will this ground me for awhile? Will I have to send paper work to Oklahoma city? Will this cause complications in getting a future First class medical? Will airlines higher me if they find out I had pneumonia? Please answer these questions, assuming I actually do have pneumonia.
Aircraft - 5 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
Pneumonia can lead to reduced lung function, which may or may not affect your future medicals. However, it is my understanding that reduced lung function is something that happens mostly (or only) in untreated cases. I'm guessing you're getting treatment, so I think you'll be fine.
Answer 2 :
Obviously if you don't feel well ground yourself. Do not report anything to the FAA until you have been examined and discussed things with your personal physician, not an AME. Things that get reported to the FAA can get caught up in an investigation and a bureaucratic run around. You could end up getting grounded for legal reasons having nothing to do with safety.
Answer 3 :
Your medical condition can influence your license in so many different ways. Here are two examples from my family: My son wanted to join the Norwegian Air Force and while he passed all the other tests, he failed on the medical because he has hay fever. One should think that there isn't much pollen in the air when flying a jet fighter but ... the point is that they had perhaps so many vacancies and needed to sort out the candidates with the small details. Two years ago, I suffered a heart attack and I even got a pacemaker. That would exclude me for life from a pilot license, yet - after being grounded on year - my doctor gave me back my pilot license but, I must precise: the Norwegian UL license, which is about the equivalent of the US Sport Pilot license. I own and fly a two-seaters homebuilt Kitfox - not an airliner! Anyway, pneumonia can be viral or bacterial. The latter is often a sign of a weaker immune system that is caused by something else. I think you should let your doctor find out what are the possible future medical effect of your pneumonia. I think that, if you have no other complications, a single case should not influence at all your life. After all, most people have had pneumonia, at least once in their life.
Answer 4 :
Pneumonia should only affect your flying status until it resolves. Except in rare cases where some permanent effect on breathing capacity might result, it should have no lasting effect on your medical. Most people recover completely from pneumonia.
Answer 5 :
I had pneumonia. I still have a Category 1 Medical in Canada.
I might have a small case of pneumonia, I just got my 3rd class medical and am exstreamy worried! Will this cause any complications with my current medical? Do I need to speak with my AME? Will this ground me for awhile? Will I have to send paper work to Oklahoma city? Will this cause complications in getting a future First class medical? Will airlines higher me if they find out I had pneumonia? Please answer these questions, assuming I actually do have pneumonia.
Aircraft - 5 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
Pneumonia can lead to reduced lung function, which may or may not affect your future medicals. However, it is my understanding that reduced lung function is something that happens mostly (or only) in untreated cases. I'm guessing you're getting treatment, so I think you'll be fine.
Answer 2 :
Obviously if you don't feel well ground yourself. Do not report anything to the FAA until you have been examined and discussed things with your personal physician, not an AME. Things that get reported to the FAA can get caught up in an investigation and a bureaucratic run around. You could end up getting grounded for legal reasons having nothing to do with safety.
Answer 3 :
Your medical condition can influence your license in so many different ways. Here are two examples from my family: My son wanted to join the Norwegian Air Force and while he passed all the other tests, he failed on the medical because he has hay fever. One should think that there isn't much pollen in the air when flying a jet fighter but ... the point is that they had perhaps so many vacancies and needed to sort out the candidates with the small details. Two years ago, I suffered a heart attack and I even got a pacemaker. That would exclude me for life from a pilot license, yet - after being grounded on year - my doctor gave me back my pilot license but, I must precise: the Norwegian UL license, which is about the equivalent of the US Sport Pilot license. I own and fly a two-seaters homebuilt Kitfox - not an airliner! Anyway, pneumonia can be viral or bacterial. The latter is often a sign of a weaker immune system that is caused by something else. I think you should let your doctor find out what are the possible future medical effect of your pneumonia. I think that, if you have no other complications, a single case should not influence at all your life. After all, most people have had pneumonia, at least once in their life.
Answer 4 :
Pneumonia should only affect your flying status until it resolves. Except in rare cases where some permanent effect on breathing capacity might result, it should have no lasting effect on your medical. Most people recover completely from pneumonia.
Answer 5 :
I had pneumonia. I still have a Category 1 Medical in Canada.
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