![]() To date, the FAA says it has issued six first-class medicals for pilots with insulin-treated diabetes. Thai pilot, grounded by Covid-19, shifts to motorbike food deliveries The protocol allows pilots with ITDM to apply for a special-issuance medical certificate to have air transport, commercial or private pilot privileges.” “The decision was based on the advancement in medical technology and the treatment of ITDM. “The FAA issued a new medical protocol late last year for pilots with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM),” the FAA said in a statement to CNN. Under the new guidance, the first batch of medicals was issued in April. Last November, the FAA announced that pilots with insulin-dependent diabetes could apply for the first-class medical certificate required to fly commercially. The American Diabetes Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and other organizations lobbied the FAA to re-examine their policy. Any pilot diagnosed with insulin-treated diabetes was barred from flying commercially. “It was super exciting to return to the cockpit and also to be the first ever pilot in America to fly ,” Halicky told CNN after the flight.įor years, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) didn’t allow pilots with insulin-treated diabetes to fly commercial airliners, even as other countries like Canada and the United Kingdom began to ease their restrictions, allowing these pilots to fly commercially provided they did so with a second pilot. It was the first United States commercial flight with a pilot with insulin-treated diabetes at the controls, according to the American Diabetes Association, a milestone years in the making. Pilots with diabetes will finally be allowed to fly commercial jetsįor the passengers on board, it was a normal flight, landing twelve minutes early.īut Halicky, a 59-year-old Las Vegas resident, had waited nine years for this opportunity.
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