NetJets Medical Exam

[Diesel]

Remember don't back into the finger... Breath and relax.

mooooon river

 

[starcheckdriver]

Lemme ask this...I can only pass a certain type of color vision test that the AME I visit has at his office. Will this be an issue at a NetJets medical?

 

[Tref]

The medical is done either on Day2 or Day4, they split the class into 2 groups.
One group does fingerprints while the other does medical, and then you switch out and reverse.
But you are on the seniority list from day 1 at NJA, so you already have the job. Like someone else said if you can hold a first class you will pass the medical.

Thanks for the info. Not worried, but it would suck to quit a job and lose your health insurance just to discover that something had developed and you're now out of work and with no health insurance. Didn't think NetJets would do that to someone.

 

[bizjet737]

dr baehr (sp?) has grounded a few of our pilots for high bp - a condition they didn't even have - just nerves on exam day. once hired, don't go back.

 

[Pez D. Spencer]

dr baehr (sp?) has grounded a few of our pilots for high bp - a condition they didn't even have - just nerves on exam day. once hired, don't go back.

Maybe someone should forward him this -- straight from the FAA website, bold type and all:

"Most doctors today believe that people who consistently run blood pressures higher than 140/90 are at increased risk for the complications noted above and should be considered for treatment. Remember, however, that blood pressure is variable and occasional readings above this level are to be expected. It is a preponderance of readings above 140/90 that defines hypertension."

 

[citabriapilot]

What about pilots who are under 35 and can still get away with a first class medical without an EKG? Can they give an EKG to a younger guy and find something abnormal and then can them, even though an EKG is not required for those under the age limit?

 

[gordon24]

I'm under 35 and had to do the EKG. EVERYONE does a EKG.

 

[citabriapilot]

Ok, so then they do an EKG and find something "funny"... Then you have to report it to the FAA and then potentially get grounded, eh?

 

[be-400xpdriver]

Last year one guy did not tell them he was diabetic, drank the orange suger kool aid and had a blood sugar of 400 something.
Another forgot to tell them he had a pace maker and the doctor found out after the chest xray. True stories

 

[Hawkered]

Better still...work out and eat right and you won't have high B.P!