Bipolar/Schizoaffective Disorder and Soaring

"DL152279546231" wrote in message
...
Still it seems a group such as the SSA would have had to have run into the
question so often from power pilots having been denied medicals FAA would
have
had to give an answer.

Started a new thread on the topic by the way to broaden the question to
any
drug/condition

I have asked this question of senior AME's and the answer is that there is
no difference in medical standards, just in the means of certifying those
standards are met. A glider pilot may "self-certify" but a power pilot
needs an AME to do the certification. If a pilot knows or has reason to
know that a condition exists that would prevent the issuance of a 3rd class
medical then self-certification is not an option.

We glider pilots have a major privilege in self-certification. It is not
too much of a reach to say that if the privilege is abused, we may lose it.

Bill Daniels