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Originally Posted by amead
The fact that nobody can tell you definitively that "following cancer treatment, x number of months must pass or y number of scans must be clear before a medical certificate will be issued" is pretty ludicrous.
We're talking about someone's livelihood, and all you get is "maybe later, who knows".
On the other hand, I suppose you don't have to work, so perhaps this fits in the "things that piss you off but shouldn't" thread.
Well, that's an interesting point. And I must admit I've enjoyed playing more golf than I ever have in my life (and my handicap reflects that: down from 18 to 12), and I also enjoy poker.
But the truth is, I just love flying and I miss it horribly. It doesn't help that my older brother is also a Delta captain and still out there
"slipping the surly bonds." I never realized how much being a pilot is who I am. Now I feel like I'm just another OMC grinding it out at the poker table.
What really gets me about the whole thing is that cancer isn't like having a heart condition. In that case, I could understand the FAA's reluctance to take a chance on me. After all, a bad ticker is like a time bomb waiting to go off. But with cancer, if you get up feeling good in the morning, the chances of keeling over during the day are pretty slim (at least from anything cancer related). There will be days, weeks, or months of debilitation providing ample warning.