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Old Oct 20, 2016 | 11:18 am
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CBear
 
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Originally Posted by MCIUnitedGuy
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https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...ide/standards/

He'd have a First Class Medical. So you can rest easy: no diabetes, no clinically significant coronary heart disease, and a blood pressure less than 155/95. First Class Medicals are good for 6 months.
Interesting.

Holders of Commercial Driver's license must have BP reading of less than 140/90 for a two year certification.

BP of 140-159/90-99 can only be certified for a maximum of 1 year.

BP of 160-179/100-109 maximum of 3 months.

Being on certain medications automatically restrict your certification. I thought it would be similar for pilots.
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