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Tango wrote:

Can you also bring reports of self-assessed visual acuity? Asking for a friend

:) Nope! But they DO accept one for hearing.
On a serious note – if your hearing is on threshold of pass/fail for your audiogram, bringing with you the results of “functional hearing tests” might help.
That hearing test a very short flight with a CFI and fairly basic, but I think that is topic for a different thread. :)

EGTR

But they DO accept one for hearing.

They absolutely do not. How do I know? Had my audiogram yesterday.

The functional hearing test is additional to the audiogram if the audiogram is failed.

Yes another topic but I don’t think your AME will want to see this

Maybe for the NPPL or some such…

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

On a related matter: What do you guys think of wegovy and it’s ilk for overweight pilots? Especially considering long term health issues and short term implications on flying?

[ typo fixed ]

Berlin, Germany

One overview suggests significant side effects for about 5% of users, but significant excess weight has much bigger side effects…

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom
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