FAA Loosens Health Restrictions for Pilots
In October of 2022, The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots. There is speculation that this may be a result of potential heart damage from the COVID-19 vaccines.
“The Federal Aviation Administration told PolitiFact it raised the cutoff for a first degree ventricular block from 200 milliseconds, or 0.2 seconds, to 300 milliseconds, or 0.3 seconds, because the agency’s cardiology consultants provided information indicating that a PR interval under 0.3 seconds isn’t a risk for subtle or sudden incapacitation. ” (Politifact Article January 2023)
An uncomplicated question maybe, did it take cardiologists this long to determine this revised cutoff time? When did the preliminary discussions concerning this matter occur? Were Pilots grounded because of the previous cutoff time of .2 seconds?
AP News also has a related article titled: New FAA cardiac health rules not prompted by COVID-19 shots.
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