Medical Limitations

[JDE]

What does "Not valid for any class after" mean when in the limitations section of the medical? And no, it's not on my medical.

[casey]

wild guess but i imagine this sets a hard expiration date for the medical. ie normally if you got a class II medical its good for a period of 3 years (<40 yrs old). For the first 12 months you can excersize privleges of a class II medical and for the next 24 as a class III medical. If it says 'not valid for any class after dd/mm/yyyy', say 12 months from now, then it you could not use it for class III privs after the 12 month period.

i imagine this would be used for some kind of special issuance medicals, forcing you to go see an AME and submit documentation on a regular schedule to do any sort of flying.

[Dugie8]

I had that on my first class since I had to go in for a psych eval every 6 months. So my medical only lasted for 6 months at which time I had to present my AME with the letter from the "shrinK" saying I was good to go.

[My Flight Surgeon]

It is the defined length of time the FAA wants you to be able to fly before you have another medical evaluation. It is used on Special Issuance certificates.

[JDE]

Thanks for the info.