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KMID : 0608619940040010026
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Korean Journal of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
1994 Volume.4 No. 1 p.26 ~ p.33
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Prospective of the U.S Aviation Medical Examiners System and Medical Standards For Professional Airline Pilots
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Dr. Audie W. Davis
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Abstract
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Since 1927, the FAA and the organizations which gave rise to it, the Federal Aviation
Agency and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), have been charged with the
responsibility for medical certification of all United States, and some international civil
airmen. Each airman must hold a current medical certificate of the appropriate class to
validate any pilot certificate he/she may possess. As of January 1, 1993, 611,390 active
airmen were medically certified. Federal Aviation Regulations stipulate that physical
examinations must be performed at six-month intervals for air transport pilots, annually
for other commercial pilots, and at two-year interLrals for priorate pilots. Medical
certification has soared from an annual Ivorkload for approximately 14,000 applications
during the first year of operation to 473, 884 applications involving 611,390 active airmen
during 1992.
Physical examinations to detect medical conditions which could incapacitate or
otherwise adversely affect pilot performance are given by 5773 designated aviation
medical examiners (AMEs), most of whom are physicians in private practice. Of these,
342 are international AMEs. Military applicants receive their examination at 422
designated military facilities. Reports of these examinations form throughout the United
States and the world are forwarded to the Aeromedical Certifiestion Division in
Oklahoma City.
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