If you have sustained a significant injury, undergone surgery or been booked off sick for more than 21 consecutive days, it is your legal responsibility to obtain a comprehensive report (template here) from your treating doctor, for submission to the SACAA.
If you are subject to a medical protocol, please make sure that you conduct the required tests and examinations timeously. The SACAA allow reports up to 90 days before medical expiry and the FAA allow up to 60 days before expiry. DO NOT do it in the same week as your aviation medical examination and DO NOT expect your healthcare provider to forward the reports to us. It is the applicant’s sole responsibility to forward the documentation to the practice before the date of the examination. Arrival at the practice without all the required documentation in place will result in cancellation of the examination.
If your application requires referral to the aeromedical panel, the matter is beyond our control. The practice has no say or influence in the SACAA panel deliberation. Your case becomes a matter between the SACAA and yourself. This practice has historically assisted such applicants pro bono, but it is imperative that the applicant engages with the SACAA medical department directly once the case is deferred to them. Historically, applicants that have taken a keen interest in their own case and engaged with the medical assessors, have been met with a greater probability of success.