do you know of any pilots that have lied on there 3rd class medical cert?
who would risk paying 250000dollar fine but i think the 3rd class is a joke i know of one guy who had his and had a heart attack 6 days latter
who would risk paying 250000dollar fine but i think the 3rd class is a joke i know of one guy who had his and had a heart attack 6 days latter
Anonymous
Favorite Answer
Yes, lots of people lie on their medical applications, particularly those who use or have used "recreational" drugs or smoked dope. I've known more than a few of them. I have no idea how many are caught, but certainly a few have been. Read here:
http://www.oig.dot.gov/oversight-areas/criminal-investigations/aviation-safety
http://www.iflyamerica.org/truth_or_dare.asp
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/proficiency/pilot-skills/telling-the-truth-on-your-medical.html
Howard L
I know of someone who dropped dead of a heart attack leaving the doctors office after passing an EKG.
Warbird Pilot
Yes, and I know of an airline pilot that had his heart attack on the way to his car from his physical; what's your point.
And it's "their" not "there".
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Yes, I knew one who is now dead as a consequence of it, and took two people with him. Covered up his history of epilepsy. He apparently had a seizure in cloud at night, probably induced by the flashing strobes and beacon reflecting off the clouds and precipitation. .
Skipper 747
Yes, I know one person who lied for her medical -
My girlfriend - Holly C. Douglas (Iler) - Iler was her married name -
She was my girlfriend in 1976-1977 -
She was addict to narcotics - later lost her FAA license -
Was helicopter pilot for KNBC-TV channel 4 in Los Angeles -
She flew the helicopter in which U-2 pilot Gary Powers got killed a year later -
Gary Powers replaced her as helicopter pilot after she got fired for drug use -
Holly and I lived together about a year in Santa Monica -
When I realized she was a user, I separated from her -
I was an airline pilot, feared being involved with a user in the place I lived -
Her personal life went "downhill" after all that...
We stayed in touch, but later she got married and got a son -
Last time I saw her was with her little boy - she had separated from husband -
She lost her life killed in an alley in Phoenix, AZ - trying to get some drugs -
Her murderer is still in jail in Arizona, attempting to avoid death (sentenced) -
Read the story of her murder - in 1993 -
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-29/news/mn-40337_1_phoenix-area
The murder details - and the murderer -
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pandeli-darrel.htm
She was no longer my girlfriend, but to die like she did - I hate all drug people -
Traffickers and users - including cannabis (she started with weed probably) -
She was rich (family trust fund) for being sole heiress to the Douglas fortune -
Our separation 1977 is reason of my being anti-drug (including cannabis) -
Drugs starts with a letter D - so does Death - You will die one way or another -
Look at the drug traffic and violence in Mexico -
.