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Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we have a special guest Bryan Stone to discuss how he successfully navigated through the process of receiving an FAA First Class Medical with Type 1 Diabetes.
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In This Episode We Discuss:
- Bryan’s flying journey.
- Diagnosed with Type I.
- The journey back to the flight deck.
- ITDM and you.
- The unique story behind Bryan’s journey.
- resources.
- What is next for Bryan.
Links Mentioned in This Podcast:
This is a link to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and their efforts to work with the FAA on the issue of Insulin treated pilots. It includes a nice graphic of the nutshell history of the FAA and the evolution of their thoughts and actions regarding ITDM (11/2019)
Here is the link to the FAA web page regarding the requirements for consideration of a Special Issuance for ITDM.
Flying with Diabetes - Facebook group is a good resource for future pilots all over the world dealing with the condition.
