VLEK is a medical-flight expert commission, which is a pass for civil and private pilots to the process of learning to fly or directly to introduction into work activities. Passing the VLEK commission takes from 1-14 days, depending on the organization that suits it. After passing, you will receive a conclusion, which will be your main document for passing the VLEK.
Currently, a decree has been issued on the mandatory passage of the commission on the territory of Russia and other states. VLEK can be completed only in those institutions that have permission, as well as all the necessary documents for their activities. Before you start taking the VLEK, you will have to go through an interview, during which your passport will be checked and you will be given an appropriate form along with a list of necessary medical certificates that you will have to collect.
Health requirements: certificates, doctors and tests
The most important document is a passport with registration; without it you can’t come to the commission. Military ID for young people, if available. An extract from the outpatient card at the place of observation, which will be given to you by a therapist, is required. It is important to write down all diseases for the last 6 months, as well as indicate chronic and acute ones. The document is certified by the personal signature of the therapist, and the seal of the institution is affixed.
Certificates from drug treatment and psychiatric clinics at the place of residence. VLEK will give you a referral for examination. Fluorography, which must include a full description and attachment of the image. General blood and urine analysis. A biochemical blood test is required only if the candidate’s age has passed 40 years. Additional laboratory tests may be carried out only according to indications and doctors’ doubts about the previous ones.
An ECG must be taken while moving. As a rule, the candidate is asked to perform squats approximately 15-20 times. It is important to provide information about your blood type; this must be documented by a medical certificate. Mandatory examination by the specialists of the VLEK center: therapist, ophthalmologist, surgeon, neurologist and otolaryngologist. Candidates over 40 years of age must additionally undergo: FGS, OBP ultrasound, OMT ultrasound, and thyroid ultrasound. Former pilots must provide a medical record, if available. 3 photos size 3*4. Folder for papers. All certificates, conclusions, and other documents must be accompanied by the seal of the institution and the signature of the attending physician. Without this they will be invalid.
Health requirements for candidates and staff depend on their category. In column 2: private pilots, airline line pilots (airplane, helicopter), navigators, as well as flight mechanics and flight engineers. Persons entering the workforce and final year cadets of flight schools. In column 3: flight radio operators, flight operators, parachutist pilots, amateur pilots and pilots, graduate cadets.
Medical requirements for civil and private pilots under columns 2 and 3
List of restrictions:
- Body weight should be between 48-110 kilograms, overweight no more than stage 1 of obesity. This is allowed if a particular candidate has ideal health
- Height ranges from 155-190 centimeters, sitting no more than 95 centimeters
- No serious injuries or surgeries for a period of 6 months
- In the presence of chronic sinusitis and tonsillitis, the candidate is assessed on an individual scale. Chronic tonsillitis of the compensated type is professionally suitable, but the decompensated type is not.
- Purulent sinusitis or degeneration of the mucous membrane is a complete unfitness for the pilot to fly.
- Minor disturbances in the area of the ENT organs are also assessed on an individual scale
- Mild speech impediments that do not affect speech intelligibility can also be assessed using an individual scale
- Cardiac problems are a serious obstacle to flying
- Almost all diseases will put you in the "unfit" status, except for rare exceptions and minor problems with the heart. All this is assessed on an individual scale in each individual case.
- Low vision is determined by an ophthalmologist on an individual scale
- Epilepsy and mental disorders are a barrier to flying; this point automatically makes you unfit
- The presence of fractures over the past few years may also become an obstacle to passing the commission. This item is at the discretion of the surgeon, only after a complete examination. You may be asked to take photographs of the fracture and use these to make a diagnosis. Be prepared to waste extra time during the examination
- Persons with blood pressure problems are automatically sent to a cardiologist, who is obliged to offer them to undergo additional examination
Common questions about VLEK
Price
The price range ranges from 5,000 to 7,000 rubles. Payment for the main receipt is 2800 rubles, plus the price includes all basic tests and examinations.
List of main VLEK centers
A list of the main centers for passing VLEK can be found on the website of the Federal Air Transport Agency "Rosaviation".
The period for which the VLEK conclusion is issued
Commercial pilots, navigators and flight engineers under the age of 40 receive a VLEK conclusion for a period of 12 months, after 40 years - for six months. Recreational pilots, glider pilots, and parachutists have the right not to undergo another medical examination for 2 years.
Instructions for passing VLEK for a private pilot step by step
- Before coming to VLEK, you must prepare the following documents and tests, which must be fresh: FLG, urine, blood, blood sugar and Rh factor tests. At the clinic, find out the answer in advance, so that if something happens you can retake it and not waste extra time, yours and that of VLEK representatives. It is important to do tests the day before visiting VLEK, otherwise you may be asked to redo them.
- We do an ECG, wait for an excellent result and consult a specialist. If problems arise, you may have to listen to the recommendations of your cardiologist or undergo additional examination. Be prepared for this.
- An extract from the outpatient card is required, where the therapist is obliged to write out all your illnesses and ailments. VLEK will not accept you without this certificate. There must be signatures and seals on documents. The certificate is valid for a week; you will have to hurry up and go to VLEK.
- You go to VLEK at the desired address, stand in line to see the chairman, who checks the presence of all documents. With his permission, you go further, where they will issue you a medical card and give you directions to psychiatric and drug treatment clinics. You will have to spend time here, the queues are quite long, so you should go there right before the opening.
- Based on the directions received, you go to these authorities and undergo an examination, wait for the conclusion and with the result go to VLEK. If difficulties arise at this stage, you will have to solve them. Your further progress is being postponed.
- We go through an ENT specialist, a surgeon, an ophthalmologist, a neurologist and a therapist; women will additionally have to see a gynecologist. It is necessary to see a neurologist strictly after the ophthalmologist. Based on all the findings, you are referred to a therapist. Medical specialists must record all factors and changes in the patient’s health, leave their recommendations for eliminating ailments and set the status: suitable or not. You can refute any conclusion and go through it again, and you also have the opportunity to contact the CVLEK to clarify any disagreements.
- If everything is in order with you and the therapist agrees with this, then he will sign all the necessary certificates and give you an opinion.
- You receive a receipt for payment of VLEK in the amount of 2800 rubles and go to the chairman for a final conclusion. As a rule, the conclusion is issued for two years, but after a year you are required to visit a therapist.
- You can go through the VLEK quite quickly; as a rule, all the institutions where you need to get a conclusion are located in a close radius. Many candidates manage to pass the commission in one day; this is an exception to the rule rather than a pattern, but, nevertheless, this can happen. Most pilots pass the commission in 3-4 days. If you act promptly and everything, as they say, will grow together, then you have plenty of chances to get VLEK in the shortest possible time.
Is there a need to deceive VLEK, and where can this be done?
Many candidates fail to pass the VLEK; there are pitfalls along the way that cannot be eliminated. If you want to fly, what should you do in this situation? Many people have a question: is it even possible to deceive VLEK? Of course you can, if you try, and there are plenty of cases in life. For example, one pilot had flat feet, which blocked him from passing the VLEK. He managed to strain his foot so much that the imprint left a regular mark on the wet surface. He passed VLEK, but is it worth putting his health in danger in this way and then flat feet can negatively affect the flight. The slightest, incorrect movement of your foot on the pedal, and the plane will go at the wrong angle.
There is another option - go to TsVLEK. This is considered a good alternative to VLEK. The activities of TsVLEK are aimed at considering and eliminating disagreements as a result of conducting VLEK. Doctors are capable of making mistakes that can result in a misdiagnosis. If this happens and you are sure that you are completely healthy, you should go to the Center for a second medical examination. Most candidates, with the help of this organization, refute the decision of the VLEK and still receive a conclusion on flight activity. You can also get advice from this medical organization on a particular issue.
Conclusion
If there are no health problems, then there are no problems with undergoing VLEK. If you still have problems that you can’t overcome, and you can’t live without flying, then it’s worth breaking through the defenses. For example, if you have anemia, take a few iron tablets before donating blood, your hemoglobin will increase and the test will go well. You can drink a large cup of chocolate, which will also increase hemoglobin, but in this case, white blood cells may jump.
If you have problems with blood pressure, then go to the doctor in advance and take a course of medications that will help normalize it while undergoing the examination. This option also works very well. In fact, there are a lot of options to bring yourself back to normal before taking tests. The question is: is it worth risking your health and masking problems? Perhaps they will interfere with your flight. Think and weigh how important flying and your health are to you, and then boldly throw yourself into the breach.
Today there is no professional standard for civil aviation pilots. This regulatory act is currently under development and, according to some sources, will be approved in the fall of this year. However, the requirements for aviation personnel are contained in Chapter 7 of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, as well as in Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated July 31, 2009 No. 128, Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated April 22, 2002 No. 50, Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated September 12, 2008 No. 147 and others regulations.
Requirements for civil aviation pilots
According to paragraph 1 of Article 52 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, aviation personnel include persons who have professional training and carry out activities directly related to transportation, ensuring safety and servicing air transport. The list of aviation personnel specialists is contained in Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated 08/04/2015 No. 240.
The RF Military Code provides the following requirements for aviation personnel, including pilots:
- pilots and other aviation specialists cannot have an outstanding or unexpunged conviction for committing an intentional crime;
- specialists must undergo preliminary and periodic medical examinations;
- Persons who have been subjected to administrative punishment for the use of narcotic and psychotropic substances without a doctor’s prescription, as well as those suffering from alcoholism and other mental disorders are not accepted for aviation personnel positions;
- availability of a certificate giving the right to perform flight functions, etc.
This is not a complete list of requirements; the rest are listed in other regulations, in particular in Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated August 6, 2013 No. 670.
The main document giving the right to work as a pilot is a flight certificate. To get it, you need to go through four lengthy and very expensive stages:
- receive specialized education;
- pass theoretical and practical exams;
- undergo a medical examination;
- fly the required number of hours.
Obtaining a flight certificate
Studying at a specialized university or school does not guarantee that a graduate will certainly become a pilot. Indeed, throughout their training, the highest demands are placed on cadets; they are subject to various tests and exams. This includes significant attention to physical and mental health. If the student manages to successfully complete the training, he becomes a candidate for a flight certificate.
The rules for conducting verification of persons applying for this document are regulated by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated August 6, 2013 No. 670.
Theoretical exam
First of all, the candidate's knowledge is checked. It is carried out by a commission specially formed by the Federal Air Transport Agency. Its composition and formation procedure will be determined by Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated February 10, 2014 No. 33.
Knowledge testing is carried out on the basis of requests from educational organizations, as well as the candidates themselves for obtaining a certificate. The exam takes the form of testing. For the knowledge test to be considered successfully completed, the examinee must answer at least 75% of the questions correctly. If the number of correct answers is less, then you can take the test again after at least 14 days.
Based on the results of the examination, a protocol is drawn up, which includes basic information about the candidate, the score received, the type of certificate for which the examinee is applying, as well as the date, place and time of the assessment. The document is certified by the signature of the chairman of the commission and a seal. The original of the protocol is handed over to the candidate, and a copy is sent to the authority issuing the certificate within 24 hours via electronic communication channels.
Testing practical skills
After passing the theoretical exam, the candidate must pass a practical skills test. It is carried out by a specialist authorized to conduct such checks on an aircraft of the modification that corresponds to the required type of certificate. Based on the results of the practical assessment, the candidate is issued a certificate containing information about the candidate, the examiner, the simulator or aircraft on which the test was carried out, the date, time and place of the assessment, and the type of certificate. This document is sent to the authority issuing the certificate via electronic communication channels within 24 hours.
VLEK for civil aviation pilots: requirements
The requirements imposed by VLEK for pilots are very strict. You can familiarize yourself with them in full in Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated April 22, 2002 No. 50. All specialists involved in aircraft control, cabin crew, as well as applicants and cadets of educational institutions must undergo VLEK. Based on the results of the medical examination, a conclusion is issued, which is an integral part of the aviation personnel certificate.
A medical certificate for a civil aviation pilot has a validity period of 12 months.
As for the direct health requirements, all vital signs of the pilot must be normal or have some minor deviations. Attention is paid to all systems and organs, especially the cardiovascular, nervous, respiratory, and digestive systems. Appendix No. 3 to Order No. 50 of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated April 22, 2002 contains a list of pathologies that are an obstacle to work in aviation.
VLEK for flight attendants: requirements
VLEK medical requirements for flight attendants are also contained in Appendix No. 3 to Order No. 50. Having studied them, we can conclude that somewhat more flexible requirements apply to flight attendants. However, persons with mental disorders, problems with the cardiovascular system, respiratory system and vestibular system cannot count on flying.
How many flights do you need to fly?
According to clause 4.3 of the Appendix to the Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated September 12, 2008 No. 147, a commercial pilot must fly at least 200 hours or 150 hours during the preparatory course. Of them:
- 100 hours as pilot-in-command;
- 20 hours as a commander on routes of at least 540 km with stops at two airfields;
- 10 hours during the training process, of which no more than 5 hours on simulators;
- 5 hours at night as commander + 5 takeoffs and landings.
IN AUC, without it, working as a pilot is unthinkable, which is why among themselves they often call it a “bread card.”
The procedure for medical examination of flight personnel in Russia, as many admit, is one of the most difficult in the world. For comparison, in the USA pilot certificate or even a person with disabilities can receive it, whereas in our country an airplane pilot must be as healthy as an astronaut. This is because the operating principle VLEK(medical flight expert commission) has remained virtually unchanged for decades, since Soviet times, when private and small aviation in principle did not exist in the country.
Meanwhile, learning to fly an airplane like a Cessna-172 is now not much more difficult than driving a car. It is absolutely not necessary to have superpowers and capabilities for this. But in the existing coordinate system, the pilot of a small GA aircraft has to undergo VLEK according to almost the same criteria as the pilot of a huge Boeing.
It is not yet clear whether this state of affairs will change after the innovations proposed by the President of the Russian Federation, but the fact remains: Vladimir Putin instructed the Government to change the procedure for the work of medical flight commissions of civil aviation by October 1.
At a minimum, the authority to carry it out is planned to be transferred to the Federal Air Transport Agency. Now VLEK for pilots are subordinate to the Ministry of Transport. Medical requirements for the health of pilots are divided into three columns:
- The first (it is also the toughest) is for those who enter and undergo training at a civil aviation flight school
- The second is for those who already have pilot certificate civil aviation
- The third is for those who are starting pilot training at flight school or AUC according to the private pilot program, he is also an amateur pilot.
It is not yet clear whether the requirements themselves will change, or just the operating procedure of medical commissions. Therefore, just in case for those who are starting pilot training right now, we have prepared a list of tips on how to successfully overcome the least favorite episode in the life of a flying person called VLEK. So:
- Treat your teeth in advance (several months in advance).
- Check your vision. Previously, very stringent requirements were imposed on pilot candidates in this regard. Vision must be strictly 100 percent without correction. Laser correction is now allowed, after which vision should be “one” in the first column or 0.8 in the third.
- Go to your “home” clinic, measure your blood pressure, do an ECG. If any abnormalities are detected, there will be time left to take a course of medications to normalize blood pressure in order to appear for VLEK with normal indicators.
- Check the vestibular system. Pilots, of course, are checked much easier than astronauts, but you will have to do a few turns in a special chair. If you can’t stand swings since childhood, and you know that you regularly get carsick, this can become a problem. But there is good news - the vestibular system can be trained. For example, jumping on a trampoline.
- Treat any hint of a cold. The fact is that all kinds of sinusitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis and other chronic respiratory diseases are a serious contraindication to flying, and it will most likely be extremely difficult to explain to an ENT specialist that you just have a stuffy nose.
- A few days before the examination, give up alcohol, smoking, and bad habits.
- The day before: get enough sleep to come to the medical examination cheerful and in a great mood. In the end, you didn’t just come for some kind of certificate, you came to get a pass into the sky, to learn how to fly an airplane and get pilot certificate V AUC.
Registration N 35128
In accordance with Articles 52 and 53 of the Federal Law of March 19, 1997 N 60-FZ "Air Code of the Russian Federation" (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1997, N 12, Art. 1383; 1999, N 28, Art. 3483; 2004 , N 35, Art. 3607, N 45, Art. 4377; 2005, N 13, Art. 1078; 2006, N 30, Art. 3290, 3291; 2007, N 1 (part 1), Art. 29, N 27, Article 3213, No. 46, Article 5554, No. 49, Article 6075, No. 50, Articles 6239, 6244, 6245; 2008, No. 29 (part 1), Article 3418, No. 30 (part. 2), Article 3616; 2009, No. 1, Article 17, No. 29, Article 3616; 2010, No. 30, Article 4014; 2011, No. 7, Article 901, No. 15, Article 2019, 2023, 2024, No. 30 (part 1), Article 4590, No. 48, Article 6733, No. 50, Article 7351; 2012, No. 25, Article 3268, No. 31, Article 4318, No. 53 (Part 1 ), Art. 7585; 2013, N 23, Art. 2882, N 27, Art. 3477; 2014, N 16, Art. 1830, 1836, N30 (part 1), Art. 4254, N 42, Art. 5615 ) I order:
Introduce into the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated April 22, 2002 N 50 “On approval of the Federal Aviation Rules “Medical examination of flight, dispatch personnel, flight attendants, cadets and candidates entering civil aviation educational institutions” (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on May 7, 2002 ., registration N 3417) as amended by orders of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated April 28, 2003 N 125 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on July 8, 2003, registration N 4879), dated November 1, 2004 N 27 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on November 22 2004, registration N 6129), dated September 19, 2012 N 350 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 13, 2013, registration N 27043), changes in accordance with the appendix to this order.
Minister M. Sokolov
Application
Changes made to the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated April 22, 2002 N 50
1. In the preamble of the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated 04/22/2002 N 50 “On approval of the Federal Aviation Rules “Medical examination of flight, dispatch personnel, flight attendants, cadets and candidates entering civil aviation educational institutions” (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 05/07/2002, registration N 3417) as amended by orders of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated 04/28/2003 N 125 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 07/08/2003, registration N 4879), dated 11/01/2004 N 27 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 11/22/2004, registration N 6129) , dated September 19, 2012 N 350 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 13, 2013, registration N 27043), the words “In accordance with Article 53 of the Federal Law of March 19, 1997 N 60-FZ “Air Code of the Russian Federation” (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation , 1997, N 12, Art. 1383), subparagraphs 75 and 96 of paragraph 8 of the Regulations on the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2000 N 1038 (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2001, N 3, Art. 235)" replace with the words "In accordance with Article 52 of the Federal Law of March 19, 1997 N 60-FZ "Air Code of the Russian Federation" (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1997, N 12, Art. 1383; 1999, N 28, Art. 3483 ; 2004, No. 35, Article 3607, No. 45, Article 4377; 2005, No. 13, Article 1078; 2006, No. 30, Article 3290, 3291; 2007, No. 1 (part 1), Article 29 , N 27, Art. 3213, N 46, Art. 5554, N 49, Art. 6075, N 50, Art. 6239, 6244, 6245; 2008, N 29 (part 1), Art. 3418, N 30 ( Part 2), Article 3616; 2009, No. 1, Article 17, No. 29, Article 3616; 2010, No. 30, Article 4014; 2011, No. 7, Article 901, No. 15, Article 2019, 2023, 2024, N 30 (part 1), Article 4590, N 48, Article 6733, N 50, Article 7351; 2012, N 25, Article 3268, N 31, Article 4318, N 53 (part 1), Art. 7585; 2013, N 23, Art. 2882, N 27, Art. 3477; 2014, N 16, Art. 1830, 1836), N 30 (part 1), Art. 4254, N 42, art. 5615)".
2. In subparagraph 6 of paragraph 1, paragraph 13, subparagraph 3 of paragraph 14, subparagraph 4 of paragraph 15, subparagraph 10 of paragraph 15 of the FAP MO GA - 2002, replace the words “amateur pilot” in the appropriate cases with the words “private pilot” in the appropriate cases, the words “pilot of ultra-light aircraft” in the appropriate cases shall be replaced with the words “pilot of ultra-light aircraft” in the appropriate cases.
4. Clause 3 should be stated as follows:
"3. Validity period of the medical certificate:
1) a first class medical certificate is valid for a period not exceeding 12 months.
When holders of an airline line pilot license (airplane, helicopter) and a commercial pilot license (airplane, airship, helicopter) performing commercial air transportation of passengers on airplanes flown by a single pilot are persons over 40 years of age, the validity of the medical certificate is reduced to six months .
When holders of an airline pilot license (airplane, helicopter), commercial pilot license (airplane, airship, helicopter) and multi-crew pilot license (airplane) engaged in commercial air transport reach the age of 60, the validity of the medical certificate is reduced to six months ;
2) a second class medical certificate is valid for a period not exceeding 60 months.
For holders of private pilot licenses (airplane, airship, helicopter), free balloon pilot licenses, glider pilot licenses, ultralight pilot licenses, observer pilots, parachutists, flight attendants, flight operators and flight dispatchers over 40 years of age, the validity of the medical certificate is reduced to 24 months;
3) a third class medical certificate is valid for a period not exceeding 48 months.
For air traffic controller license holders over 40 years of age, the validity period of the medical certificate is reduced to 24 months; for those over 50 years of age, the validity period of the medical certificate is reduced to 12 months;
4) the validity periods indicated above are established taking into account the age of the candidate at the time of the medical examination."
5. In the note to paragraph 7, the words “by decision of the chairman of VLEK GA (TsVLEK GA), agreed with the head of the department of aviation medicine and occupational safety of the Directorate of Personnel and Educational Institutions of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport of Russia,” should be replaced with the words “by recommendation of the operator’s management, agreed with the chairman VLEK GA (TsVLEK GA), Head of the Interregional Territorial Air Transport Directorate of the Federal Air Transport Agency."
6. Subclause 3 of clause 9 should be stated as follows:
“The procedure for the formation and work of the central medical flight expert commission, medical flight expert commissions, medical experts, as well as the requirements for members of these commissions and medical experts are established by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;.”
7. In paragraph 11:
1) subparagraph 2 should be stated as follows:
"2) members of the aircraft crew, air traffic controllers present to the VLEK GA a military ID (for persons whose military ID is required in accordance with the legislation in the field of military duty and military service) and documents on their state of health (medical record, outpatient card or extract from it;";
2) paragraph two of subclause 10 should be stated as follows:
“In addition, commercial and line pilots of airlines, upon reaching the age of 55 and 60 years, undergo a mandatory medical examination in the inpatient conditions of the Central Clinical Hospital of Civil Aviation (according to Appendix No. 5), followed by an examination at the Civil Aviation Inspectorate.
After pilots reach 60 years of age, a medical examination in an inpatient setting by the Central Clinical Hospital of Civil Aviation is carried out annually."
8. In paragraph 12:
1) subparagraph 1 shall be deleted;
2) subparagraph 2 should be stated as follows:
"2) candidates provide to the VLEK GA a medical certificate in form 086/u; a military ID or a certificate of a citizen subject to conscription for military service (for those liable for military service); medical reports of a psychiatrist and a psychiatrist-narcologist and dermatovenerologist; test results for HIV infection, hepatitis B and C, RW."
9. Subclause 3 of clause 14 after the word “flight attendants,” add the words “flight dispatchers.”
10. Subparagraphs 3 and 9 of paragraph 15 after the words “air traffic controller” should be supplemented with the words “flight dispatcher”.
11. Paragraph 17 shall be supplemented with the second paragraph as follows:
“Under the articles of the Requirements that provide for unfitness for flight work (air traffic control, training), the Central Aircraft Inspectorate of the Civil Aviation Authority issues an official medical report 1 on fitness with a note in the Medical report:
1) valid for.... months;
2) fit as a co-pilot;
3) fit as part of a multi-member crew;
4) suitable for this type of aircraft;
6) good only without passengers."
12. Paragraph 42 should be stated as follows:
"42. Based on the results of the medical examination for the current year, the doctor of the aviation enterprise draws up a final report based on the results of the medical examination of the flight crew, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, flight operators and general aviation pilots (Appendix No. 13), which is approved by the chairman of the VLEK GA and sent to the head of the enterprise ( to the head of the service) no later than February 10 of the year following the reporting year.
Medical examinations carried out during the medical examination of aviation personnel upon hiring (training), during regular medical examinations, and medical examinations carried out during the inter-commission period belong to the categories of preliminary (upon hiring) and periodic medical examinations."
13. In subclause 3 of clause 46, the words “and other specialists performing work on board the aircraft” should be deleted.
14. In Appendix No. 1 to FAP MO GA - 2002, replace the words “State Civil Aviation Service of the Ministry of Transport of Russia” with the words “Federal Air Transport Agency”.
15. In Appendix No. 3 to FAP MO GA - 2002:
1) clause 12.1 after the word “asthenization” is supplemented with the words “and signs of activity of the pathological process”;
2) in Column I of clause 50.3, the words “unfit; fit for flight engineers, dispatchers, flight attendants” should be replaced with the word “fit”;
3) Column I of paragraph 52 should be amended as follows:
"Candidates for training in the specialty of pilot, navigator, flight engineer (flight mechanic) and cadets studying in these specialties are suitable with visual acuity of 0.8 in each eye without correction, with correction of 1.0; in the specialty of air traffic controller - 0.3 per each eye without correction, with correction 1.0; flight attendants - 0.3 for each eye without correction, with correction 1.0";
4) column II of paragraph 52 should be stated as follows:
"Pilots are fit with visual acuity of 0.5 in each eye without correction, with correction of 1.0 (with visual acuity of 0.4 in the worse eye, with correction of 1.0 - individual assessment); navigators, flight engineers (flight mechanics) - 0.3 for each eye without correction, with correction 1.0";
5) column III of paragraph 52 should be stated as follows:
"Flight radio operators, parachutists, private pilots, glider pilots, free balloon pilots, pilots of ultralight aircraft are fit with visual acuity of 0.3 in each eye without correction, with correction 0.8; flight attendants, flight operators, pilot observers - 0.1 for each eye without correction, with correction 0.8";
6) Column I of paragraph 53 should be amended as follows:
"Suitable for training as pilots, navigators, flight engineers (flight mechanics) with myopia not exceeding 1.0 diopters, farsightedness not exceeding 2.0 diopters, astigmatism 0.75 diopters, anisometropia not exceeding 1.0 diopters; for dispatchers - with myopia and farsightedness no higher than 2.0 diopters, astigmatism 1.5 diopters, anisometropia no higher than 1.0 diopters; flight attendants - with myopia and farsightedness no higher than 3.0 diopters, astigmatism 2.0 diopters";
7) Column II of paragraph 53 should be amended as follows:
“Suitable for myopia and farsightedness not exceeding 3.0 diopters, astigmatism not exceeding 2.0 diopters, anisometropia not exceeding 2.0 diopters”;
8) Column III of paragraph 53 should be stated as follows:
"Eligible are flight radio operators, parachutists, private pilots, glider pilots, free balloon pilots, pilots of ultralight aircraft with myopia and farsightedness not exceeding 5.0 diopters, astigmatism 2.0 diopters, anisometropia not exceeding 2.0 diopters; flight attendants, flight operators, pilot observers - with myopia not exceeding 5.0 D, farsightedness not exceeding 4.0 D, astigmatism not exceeding 2.5 D, anisometropia not exceeding 2.0 D";
9) clause 63.1 should be stated as follows:
"63.1. Increase in hearing thresholds for each ear separately by more than 35 dB at any of the frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000 Hz; and/or more than 50 dB at 3000 Hz. Spoken speech less than two meters for each ear separately";
10) clause 63.2 shall be stated as follows:
"63.2. Increase in hearing thresholds for each ear separately by 35 dB or less at any of the frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000 Hz; and/or 50 dB and less than 3000 Hz. Spoken speech two meters or more in each ear separately."
16. In Appendix No. 5 to FAP MO GA -2002:
1) paragraph four of paragraph 6 after the word “whispered” should be supplemented with the word “spoken”;
2) paragraph seven of clause 6 after the words “flight personnel” should be supplemented with the words “and air traffic controllers”, the words “5 years” should be replaced with the words “4 years”;
3) paragraph two of paragraph 9 should be supplemented with the words “as well as for cadets (students) with a break in studies of more than four months”;
4) paragraph seven of clause 9 should be deleted;
5) paragraph 9 is supplemented with a paragraph as follows:
“The scope of psychological examination is regulated by the manual on psychological support for the selection, training and professional activities of flight and dispatch personnel of civil aviation.”;
6) subclause 10.5 after the word “cytological” is supplemented with the words “and bacteriological (for flora)” further in the text;
7) subclause 10.6 should be stated as follows:
"10.6. Blood tests for syphilis (by the express method with blood sampling from a finger), HIV infection, hepatitis B and C are carried out: for candidates entering civil aviation educational institutions, cadets, aviation personnel - upon admission to work, as well as after medical indications; PSA - from the age of 40 - once every three years, and upon reaching the age of 50 - annually, as well as for medical reasons; specific tumor marker (CA-125) for women after 40 years of age at the next medical examination." ;
8) in subclause 10.7, replace the words “territorial health authorities” with the words “in the prescribed manner”;
9) subclause 10.8 should be stated as follows:
"10.8. Express testing for the presence of narcotic drugs, psychotropic and other toxic substances and their metabolites in the body is carried out for candidates entering civil aviation educational institutions for training as a pilot, air traffic controller, flight attendant, cadets (students) of civil aviation educational institutions, aviation to personnel during the next medical examination at VLEK GA.";
10) clause 11 is supplemented with subclause 11.3 in the following wording:
"11.3. Women over the age of 40 undergo mammography or ultrasound of the mammary glands once every two years.";
11) in paragraph two of clause 15, delete the words “total protein and protein fractions, C-reactive protein”, replace the words “cholesterol, alpha-cholesterol, triglycerides” with the words “lipid spectrum”;
12) paragraph four of paragraph 15 should be supplemented with the words “great vessels of the head (DS MAG)”;
13) paragraph five of clause 15 should be deleted;
14) paragraph 16 should be stated as follows:
"16. The scope of examination of general aviation pilots includes: chest fluorography, ECG, clinical blood test, general urine test, blood sugar test, and upon reaching 50 years of age - biochemical blood test, DS MAG.
During the initial medical examination, an EEG and audiometry are additionally performed.";
15) add clause 17 in the following wording:
"17. Additional medical studies are carried out if there are medical indications."
17. In Appendix No. 6 to FAP MO GA - 2002:
1) paragraph one of Article 27 shall be stated as follows:
“The anthropometric indicators of a candidate for pilot training must correspond to the ergonomic conditions of the aircraft cabin”;
2) Article 42 shall be supplemented with a paragraph as follows:
“Assessment of the fitness for flight work of pilots with a seropositive reaction to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is carried out by the Central Medical Examiner’s Center after an in-depth medical examination in a hospital setting.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is grounds for unfitness. In case of virus carriage, the TsVLEK GA, based on the results of a medical and psychological examination, can make a conclusion on suitability. The criteria for suitability for flight work for pilots with a seropositive reaction to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are: asymptomatic infection (virus carriage), absence of a specific HIV symptom complex, acceptable indicators of immune status (quantitative indicators of CD4+ T cells), absence of HIV-associated (opportunistic) diseases, lack of indications for taking antiretroviral drugs";
3) paragraph eight of Article 48 should be stated as follows:
“After photorefractive surgery for refractive errors in all columns, they are considered valid one month after surgery in the absence of changes in the optical media and in the retina of the eye.”;
4) Article 63 should be stated as follows:
“Candidates entering civil aviation educational institutions, and ground crew entering flight work as a flight engineer, flight mechanic, flight radio operator, must perceive whispered speech from a distance of at least six meters and have hearing thresholds corresponding to age norm thresholds across the entire frequency range during audiometry.
When determining auditory function, research methods are used: acumetry (whispered and spoken speech), tuning fork testing, tone threshold audiometry, speech audiometry, otoacoustic emission, short-latency auditory evoked potentials, impedance measurement.
An isolated increase in thresholds for frequencies of 4000-8000 Hz to 30-40 dB does not serve as a basis for establishing a clinical diagnosis. A subject with an increase in hearing thresholds above those specified in paragraph 63.1 of Appendix No. 3 to the FAP MO GA - 2002 can be recognized as fit, provided that he has normal hearing acuity when conducting speech audiometry in a background noise that reproduces or simulates normal noise in the aircraft cabin , which is superimposed on speech and beacon signals, or the noise of the air traffic controller's workplace (speech intelligibility test). It is important that the background noise be representative of the cabin noise of the type of aircraft for which the examinee's certificate and ratings are valid. As an alternative, a practical hearing test can be carried out during training on an aircraft simulator of the type for which the certificate and ratings on the examinee's certificate are valid (two-way radio communication act).
Persons from among the aviation personnel with sensorineural hearing loss of noise etiology, if it is established that they have a partial or complete loss of professional ability to work, are considered unfit.
Flight personnel with sensorineural hearing loss are not allowed to increase the duration of flight time beyond that established by regulatory legal acts regulating the peculiarities of work and rest of civil aviation crew members."
18. In Appendix No. 14 to FAP MO GA - 2002:
1) in paragraph two of paragraph 1, replace the word “paramedic” with the words “specialist with secondary medical education”;
2) in subclause 1.3 the words “aviation personnel included in the flight assignment” should be deleted;
3) subclause 1.6 should be stated as follows:
"1.6. If the departure is delayed by six hours or more, or if the time interval between two parts of the flight shift, divided into parts, is six hours or more, the pre-flight medical examination is carried out again.";
4) in subparagraph 1.11 the words “The flight director is the last to undergo a medical examination and ensures timely attendance at the pre-shift medical examination of the personnel of the entire ATC shift.” exclude;
5) subclause 1.14 should be deleted;
6) in subparagraph 1.17, delete the words “aviation specialists participating in the flight”;
7) subclause 2.2 is supplemented with a paragraph as follows:
“Rapid testing is carried out selectively for the presence of narcotic drugs, psychotropic and other toxic substances and their metabolites in the body.”;
8) in paragraph three of subclause 3.1, the words “aviation specialist participating in the flight” should be deleted;
9) in subclause 3.2, delete the words “and aviation personnel”;
10) in subclause 3.5, replace the words “Department of Aviation Medicine and Occupational Safety and Health of the Personnel Management and Educational Institutions of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport of Russia” with the words “Flight Operations Directorate of the Federal Air Transport Agency”.
1 Chapter 1 of Appendix 1 “Issue of certificates for aviation personnel” to the Convention of International Civil Aviation (concluded in Chicago on 12/07/1944). Tenth edition, 2006, International Civil Aviation Organization.
