![]() What are the steps to get a first or second-class medical certificate? What protocol must I follow to pilot commercially?Ī first or second class medical certificate is required to pilot commercially. Read our press release on the FAA announcing protocols for pilots with insulin-treated diabetes to pilot commercially. The changes to FAA policy, first for private pilots and then for commercial, would not be possible without the dedication of tireless ADA health care professional volunteers, ADA attorney volunteers, and the brave pilots with diabetes who fought for fairness and change. The ADA’s efforts were ultimately successful. The ADA has met with the FAA, brought industry stakeholders to the table, convened a panel of expert endocrinologists to provide recommendations, engaged members of Congress, and filed friend-of-the-court briefs in litigation brought by pilots to challenge FAA inaction. The ADA has advocated by educating, negotiating with, and ultimately by supporting litigation all geared toward convincing the FAA that it is medically appropriate to conduct individualized assessments for pilots treated with insulin who seek a private or commercial pilot’s license. With the remarkable advances in diabetes science, medicine, and treatment, the ADA’s goal has been to secure appropriate FAA regulatory changes that make it possible for qualified, insulin-treated pilots who have well-controlled diabetes to become professional pilots. For decades, the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) has advocated for pilots with diabetes.
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