Delta Medical

[Jets107]

Anyone have any info on what all is involved with the Delta pre-employment medical?

 

[acarpe3448]

Anyone have any info on what all is involved with the Delta pre-employment medical?

In 2000 it was a standard, yet thurough Class One! No big deal!

 

[ACL65PILOT]

It is a first class medical that really is to the letter of the law.
Fasting after midnight.
Test your void for sugar blood etc.
Hearing test that is a pain in the a$$
Vision tests. (near, far, music note(#4) "defpotec" forward and backward, a black and white arrow test, vision test on a card, and color blindness test.)
If you are male the check under the hood and make sure that you do not have a hernia.
EKG
Weight and Height for a BMI ratio.
Two vial of blood are drawn for a full panel blood work up
Besides the blood you will know if there are issues before you leave.
If you do not get called in a week you are in the clear on the blood. If you get a not in the mail, you do not need to do anything with it.

 

[Truckdriver]

Now what does health insurance for a family run once you get the job these days? What are the monthly premiums, co-pays, deductibles, etc?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

From what I was told a few hundred bucks a month with no deductible.

 

[Helos2Galaxy]

Medical, ~$190, dental and vision ~~$20 each/month. $25 copay. Out of network has a deductible of $500.

I think it kicks in on day one of indoc.

 

[Mike Ditka]

Does anyone know if there is a "base vision" requirement. In other words, my vision is corrected to 20/20, but is there an uncorrected limit?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Not that I am aware of. Basically I think if you screw it up you need to get glasses, but that is it. I know one person that is 20/150+ and they got the job. No one really knows that the upper limit is, if there is one. FWIW

 

[AutoTransfer]

Does anyone have any info pertaining to BMI limits? As a gravitationally challenged pilot, I was just wondering if I would have a shot at getting through the medical.
AT

 

[Rally]

How heavy are you we stop hiring at 230?

 

[US Flyer]

blood values slightly abnormal?

I did the Delta medical on the second day. The medical was a little over two weeks ago. Received a letter today from the labwork saying two of my blood values are suspect- slightly outside of normal parameters. (one was a bilirubin value) not drugs or anything like that. It could be a result of fasting too much or dehydration, or indicator of something else, such as early indication of kidney stones- although I don't have any discomfort or history of that.

Is this just something that the doctor sent to me for my benefit, or has it been forwarded to Delta and now disqualifying?

Anyone dealt with this, and if it is correctable how do they handle it, or am I just hosed?

Thanks!

 

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US Flyer - any update?

ACL65 Pilot wrote:

If you do not get called in a week you are in the clear on the blood. If you get a not in the mail, you do not need to do anything with it.

Not sure what this means, but it does not sound like he thinks the note is disqualifying.

 

[US Flyer]

No- one from Delta has called, so hopefully this is a good sign. I spoke with my AME and he asked me what the note from Doctors office said.

Note from labwork- "consult your normal physician about these discrepancies".

But this WAS mailed to me, so not sure what that means given the previous post about "in the mail".

I'll keep you posted! Thanks

 

[US Flyer]

I made a few phone calls and apparently I passed the medical. The note was just telling me to go to my normal doctor at some point and either re-test these things or keep an eye on them.

I think I was really dehyrated at the time which didn't help the blood values.

Thanks and good luck to all

 

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When do you call for your "cleared for training?"

 

[GogglesPisano]

When do you call for your "cleared for training?"

You call them 2 weeks after day 2 of your interview.