[SCREENING-EVALUATION OF THE CARDIAC ARTERY DISEASE IN CIVIL PILOTS OF THE SENIOR AGE GROUP].

Early diagnostics of cardiac artery disease (CAD) is essential for annual medical flight certification. The investigation was aimed at screening-evaluation of senior civil pilots for CAD using the criteria of ECG findings during the submaximal bicycle ergometry test (BT). The investigation embraced 1189 civil pilots, on reaching the age of 55 years and older in 2009-2010.

THE USE OF OPERATIONAL MULTI-PILOT LIMITATION (OML) RULE IN MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OF CIVIL PILOTS-WITH CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGIES.

In January 2015, the Russian aviation medical certification boards adopted the rule of medical certification with OML. The review analyzes the first hands-on experience in medical certification with limitations (OML) of pilots with cardiovascular pathologies in compliance with the guidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organization, European requirements, and overviews the Russian practices of pilots' medical certification.

[FLIGHT CERTIFICATION OF CIVILIAN PILOTS FOLLOWING SURGERY OF BRACHIOCEPHALIC ATHEROSCLEROTIC STENOSES].

The paper presents cases of surgery of brachiocephalic atherosclerotic lesions with asymptomatic stenosis in civilian pilots reviewed by a Flight Certification Board. Cerebrovascular diseases varying in their clinical presentation (syncopes, transitory ischemic attacks or strokes) may culminate in acute conditions and, consequently, threaten flight safety. There is an exigent need of law-guided regulations for flight certification boards on how to manage cases of pilots with a history of cerebrovascular disease.