Between Flight Physicals, Show Good Sense!

• We are always expected to be wise.

• No one is going to check up on you pre or post flight without a reason:

• A ramp check doesn't cover medical unknowns – unless you act bizzare!
• An incident, accident, or complaint is a reason.
• A DUI is a reason to self-report: it's required - google site:faa.gov “DWI” all pilots must send a Notification Letter to FAA’s Security and Investigations Division within 60 calendar days of the effective date of an alcohol-related conviction or administrative action. (Arrests without action must be reported with the next medical)

• If you act safely, your only anxiety – and it's a real anxiety – is whether your own sense of health may be sabotaged by some unknown silly rule or diagnosis. Even those of us who know the rules may forget the details.

• But: failure to report on the exam form (8500-8) any condition that could result in pilot impairment is a fraud that may bite after you've had an incident.