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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-80/19
Title and Subtitle: Characteristics of medically disqualified airman applicants in calendar years 1977 and 1978
Report Date: October 1980
Authors: Dark SJ
Abstract: This study provides comprehensive data reflecting pertinent denial rates with respect to the medical and general attributes of those airmen denied medical certification in calendar years 1977 and 1978. Also provided are such descriptive epidemiologic data as age, sex, occupation, class of medical certificate applied for, total flying time, and cause-specific annual denial rates for medically disqualified applicants.
The annual denial rate based on airman applicants was 6.8 per 1,000 airmen. By class of certificate applied for, the annual denial rate per 1,000 applicants was 4.3 for first class, 4.9 for second class, and 8.9 for third class. As anticipated, general aviation and new applicants contributed greatly to total denials, reflecting that the latter are being screened for the first time. Eighty-three percent of all denied applicants indicated nonaeronautical occupations on their medical application and 49 percent indicated less than 40 hours of total flying time.
The most significant causes for denial (regardless of class applied for) were cardiovascular, the miscellaneous pathology category (endocrinopathies, disqualifying medications, and administrative denials), neuropsychiatric, and, at a substantially lower level, eye pathology.
Key Words: Airman certification (medical), Pilots--denied, Statistical analysis
No. of Pages: 24
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-80/19
Title and Subtitle: Characteristics of medically disqualified airman applicants in calendar years 1977 and 1978
Report Date: October 1980
Authors: Dark SJ
Abstract: This study provides comprehensive data reflecting pertinent denial rates with respect to the medical and general attributes of those airmen denied medical certification in calendar years 1977 and 1978. Also provided are such descriptive epidemiologic data as age, sex, occupation, class of medical certificate applied for, total flying time, and cause-specific annual denial rates for medically disqualified applicants.
The annual denial rate based on airman applicants was 6.8 per 1,000 airmen. By class of certificate applied for, the annual denial rate per 1,000 applicants was 4.3 for first class, 4.9 for second class, and 8.9 for third class. As anticipated, general aviation and new applicants contributed greatly to total denials, reflecting that the latter are being screened for the first time. Eighty-three percent of all denied applicants indicated nonaeronautical occupations on their medical application and 49 percent indicated less than 40 hours of total flying time.
The most significant causes for denial (regardless of class applied for) were cardiovascular, the miscellaneous pathology category (endocrinopathies, disqualifying medications, and administrative denials), neuropsychiatric, and, at a substantially lower level, eye pathology.
Key Words: Airman certification (medical), Pilots--denied, Statistical analysis
No. of Pages: 24
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