Originally Posted by
CBear
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.
It is similar:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...pharm/dni_dnf/
The guidance for pharmaceuticals is separate from the guidance for Medical Standards. First Class Medicals are quite thorough from my experience. Third Class Medicals, referenced above as "pretty useless" are pretty useless but you can't use them for much other than joy riding in a Cessna.