Aeromedical Examination - Budapest

FAQs

What to Bring?

Please bring the following items:

  • identification such as an ID card or an passport or a new photocard driving licence
  • your current or most recent medical certificate if you have one
  • your pilot's licence and a record of the number of hours flown
  • a hospital discharge summary or any other medical documentation issued since your last medical examination
  • Your spectacles and/or contact lenses and the optician's prescription for the lenses
  • A printed list of any current medication
  • cash for the payment of the examination fee

Do I have to come with an empty stomach?

  • Note that oming with an empty stomach is not required.
  • So please try to attend with a fairly full bladder. You may provide the sample on arrival

What does the examination include?

  • a review of your medical history,
  • a physical examination,
  • an urinary test (So please try to attend with a fairly full bladder. You may provide the sample on arrival.) examinations necessary according to schedule, such as ECG or audiogram, lab test

When are you recommended to book an examination appointment?

EASA certificates may be revalidated up to 45 days before the date of expiry without loss of validity.
Early booking (approximatly one month before the date of expiry) is appreciated for aviation medicals so that enough time is allowed to organise and arrange for any additional examination required as well as to collect medical documents.

Can I fly if I have defective colour vision?

If you fail the Ishihara colour plates,you have there is a possibility to conduct additional color vision tests (for example, anomaloscopy, etc.). If you pass these tests, and an ophtalmologist assesses you colour safe, you can get the medical certificate without any restrictions.
If the test cannot be passed,

  • it is not possible to get a medical certificate Class 1 for commercial flying.
  • As a private pilot or a leisure pilot, you can get a medical certificate Class 2 with a VCL limitation, meaning that you can fly in daytime, in clear conditions anywhere in the European airspace, but you will not be able to get a night rating.

How can you make an appointment with AME?

You may book your appointment by on-line form

When is it obligatory for you to turn to yourAME without undue delay?

In the cases below, your medical certificate is automatically suspennded until your AME assesses your fitness to fly / work in aviation.
Please contact me without delay if

  1. have undergone a surgical operation or invasive procedure;
  2. have commenced the regular use of any medication;
  3. have suffered any significant personal injury involving incapacity to function as a member of the flight crew;
  4. have been suffering from any significant illness involving incapacity to function as a member of the flight crew;
  5. are pregnant;
  6. have been admitted to hospital or medical clinic;
  7. first require correcting lenses.