Can you still get a Private Pilots Liscence when you have a seizure?

Question

Can you still get your PPL or a LSA sport pilot certification when you have had a seizure in the past? My cousin had this happen to him. He had a seizure like 5 years ago and is currently still on medication. Are there any comprimeses from the FAA that will still allow you to fly?

-Matt

Answer 1

No you cannot...any seizure or epilepsy.... if you do not declare your proper medical history..you may get it..in that case you are going to have very high risk and u may put or and someone else's life in danger..

my advise to you DON'T think about it... dun bring the risk back in your life..

God bless!

Striker..

Answer 2

dont think so. you may possibly scrap through with some kind of condition to have a 2 pilot crew at all times and only fly dual controls but only if you are veryy lucky. Good news though, you might just be very lucky. I was I had a hystory of migrane and I scraped through with a shortened class 2 and a normal class 1. also scraped theough with asthma too. only cos i maxed out the spyrometry anyway.

Answer 3

Pretty unlikely, especially if he is still taking meds for it. He can however find an FAA medical examiner and ask him/her. Also, AOPA (www.aopa.org) might be able to help. They regularly figure out medical problems for pilots.

Answer 4

I'm not sure on this one.  It sounds like a disqualifying condition, but the FAA has supposedly been a bit better about reviewing on a case-by-case basis.  The best option would be to talk to AOPA.

Answer 5

Any history of seizures is normally disqualifying for an FAA medical unless it was a single instance of seizure prior to age 5 that has not required continuing medication.  The final decision is up to the FAA; occasionally it grants the medical but it requires a lot of supporting documentation and it's fairly rare.

Sport pilots don't need a medical, and as long as they have not failed a FAA medical in the past they can get a license.  However, if a person knows that he could not pass a third-class medical, the FAA expects him not to apply for the sport license, and if it later discovers that a sport pilot has a medically disqualifying condition, it will pull the license (at the very least).

Answer 6

i had seizures when i was a baby, and i was able to get my first class medical.  however, that was for a specific illness that has been taken care of; i havnt had seizures in 16 years (i am seventeen) but i was able to get a medical.  they reviewed my case and im licensed under like a special reg or something; but you might as well try.