DVLA

1
DVLA Flying rules

• Annie Tonnu

2
DVLA Cardiovascular

• MI/ACS
• 1 month
• (1week if successful PTCA)
• CABG
• 1 month
• Angioplasty/Pacemaker/prophylactic ICD
• 1 week (6months if ICD for treatment)

• Cardiac Catheter Ablation
• 48 hours
• Unstable Angina
• Stop driving
• AAA gt6.5cm
• Stop driving

3
DVLA Diabetes

• On tablets or diet
• No restrictions
• On insulin
• Can drive car if hypo aware
• Cannot drive HGV

4
DVLA Neurology

• Syncope simple/explained
• No restrictions
• Unexplained syncope low risk/treated
• 1 month
• Unexplained syncope
• 6 months
• Narcolepsy
• Til symptom controlled

• 1st seizure
• 6 months
• TIA/CVA
• 1 month
• Multiple TIA
• 3 month
• Craniotomy for meningioma
• 1 year
• Pituitary craniotomy
• 6 month

5
DVLA Drugs

• Alcohol misuse
• 6months
• Alcohol dependence
• 1 year
• Cannabis/Amphetamine/LSD/Ecstasy
• 6 months
• Heroin/Cocaine/Methadone
• 1 year

6
DVLA Vision

• Field defects
• Notify DVLA
• Need VF assessment to meet national criteria
• Monocular vision loss
• Notify DVLA
• Can drive if VAVF normal in 1 eye
• Blepharospasm
• Consultant opinion

7
Civil Aviation Authority
8
FLYING Cardiovascular

• Unstable angina/BP/arrythmia/decompensated
  HF/symptomatic valve disease
• No flying
• Simple MI
• 7- 10 days
• Complicated MI
• 4- 6 weeks
• CABG
• 10 14 days
• PTCA
• 5 days

9
FLYING Respiratory

• Pneumonia
• Can fly if not infectious and clinically
  recovered
• Pneumothorax
• No flying or 2 weeks after drainage
• 1 week after normal xray post drainage
• Diabetes
• No restriction if well controlled but beware
  insulin may degrade if exposed to extreme
  temperature in the hold

10
FLYING Surgery

• Abdominal
• 10days
• Laparoscopic/Colonoscopy
• 24h
• Plaster cast
• 24h if short haul (2h) flights
• 48h if long haul
• Brain Surgery
• 7 days
• Eye surgery or penetrating eye injuries
• 7 days

11
FLYING Other

• Pregnancy gt36/40 (or gt32/40 if multip)
• No flying
• Pregnancy gt28/40
• Certificate confirming normal progress
• Anaemia
• gt8g/dl can fly
• CVA
• 10 days (if stable, may fly after 3days)
• Sickle Cell Crisis
• 10 days