Pilots submitting a medical application via the FAA’s MedXPress website may have noticed some substantial changes to the form made in early 2018. The FAA has referred to these alterations as updates to the medical application, known as Form 8500-8, but has not called attention to those edits even though the changes are significant, and pilots should be both aware and forewarned.
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