Flunking your Light Sport Medical (Calif)

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In order to fly as a Light Sport Pilot you must hold
a valid, unrestricted driver's license. However in
all states you can lose your driving privileges due
to medical reasons. So, in effect, you fail your Light
Sport medical.

California:

If you suffer from certain physical or mental conditions, the California DMV may try to restrict, suspend, or revoke your driver's license… on the grounds that the condition affects your ability to drive safely.

This is a common cause of driver's license suspensions for elderly drivers .. . . but can affect California drivers of all ages.

You may face a license suspension for a physical or mental condition that is commonly recognized as dangerous for drivers, such as
• Alzheimer's disease ,
• Dementia , or
• Epilepsy.

But medical condition license suspensions also affect people with health issues that have a less obvious effect on driving ability, such as
• Cataracts ,
• Macular degeneration , or
• Diabetes.

http://www.shouselaw.com/medical-conditions.html

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wrote:
>
> In order to fly as a Light Sport Pilot you must hold
> a valid, unrestricted driver's license. However in
> all states you can lose your driving privileges due
> to medical reasons. So, in effect, you fail your Light
> Sport medical.

Only in some strange la-la land of your imagination.

Most rational people would just say you are not fit to fly.

Most rational people who develop medical conditions ground themselves in
the interest of survival.

If grampa goes senile the only thing keeping him from either driving or
flying is the relatives hiding the keys.

<snip California driving requirements>

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Jim Pennino

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On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:46:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > In order to fly as a Light Sport Pilot you must hold
> > a valid, unrestricted driver's license. However in
> > all states you can lose your driving privileges due
> > to medical reasons. So, in effect, you fail your Light
> > Sport medical.
>
> Only in some strange la-la land of your imagination.
>
> Most rational people would just say you are not fit to fly.
>
> Most rational people who develop medical conditions ground themselves in
> the interest of survival.
>
> If grampa goes senile the only thing keeping him from either driving or
> flying is the relatives hiding the keys.
>
> <snip California driving requirements>
>
> --
> Jim Pennino

Someone at the DMV made an error on my driver's license, and
it took me over a year to get it fixed. One location would say
do one thing, another location would say do something else.

All in all I legally couldn't fly Light Sport for about a
year and a half. It basically boiled down to a TYPO.

There are degrees of ineligibility.

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wrote:
> On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:46:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > In order to fly as a Light Sport Pilot you must hold
>> > a valid, unrestricted driver's license. However in
>> > all states you can lose your driving privileges due
>> > to medical reasons. So, in effect, you fail your Light
>> > Sport medical.
>>
>> Only in some strange la-la land of your imagination.
>>
>> Most rational people would just say you are not fit to fly.
>>
>> Most rational people who develop medical conditions ground themselves in
>> the interest of survival.
>>
>> If grampa goes senile the only thing keeping him from either driving or
>> flying is the relatives hiding the keys.
>>
>> <snip California driving requirements>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Pennino
>
> Someone at the DMV made an error on my driver's license, and
> it took me over a year to get it fixed. One location would say
> do one thing, another location would say do something else.

That is called bureaucracy.

> All in all I legally couldn't fly Light Sport for about a
> year and a half. It basically boiled down to a TYPO.

Nor could you drive.

> There are degrees of ineligibility.

That it took you over a year to get a typo fixed says a lot about you.


--
Jim Pennino