Procedure
How this works
One body of knowledge of public FAA material, two interfaces. It is a structured map of 14 CFR Part 67, related Part 61 / Part 68 notes, and current Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners dispositions, CACI worksheets, AASI pages, and pharmaceutical tables. Every result is cited and dated.
Pathway Preview
- Acknowledge the unofficial-status statements (required, timestamped).
- Enter a scenario: certificate context, a condition and/or a medication, and a time range. This is not Form 8500-8.
- Read a short narrative of published possibilities: how the disposition table splits the history, the kinds of issuances those tables mention, and the documents to bring to an AME.
- 14 CFR 61.53 sits on the same screen as any interruption estimate.
Disposition Bench
An AME attests they are using the bench as reference only, then looks up a Guide heading. Output is disposition language as the Guide frames it, a document checklist, and a draft Block 60 fragment marked DRAFT — AME MUST EDIT. There is no issue control and no AMCS connection.
What the software will not do
It will not select a treatment, fill out an application, predict an individual FAA decision, or answer when the words entered do not match this body of knowledge. Fail closed: no unverified narrative.
Monthly Guide cycle
The FAA posts AME Guide updates on the last Wednesday of each month, usually before 9:00 a.m. CT. Sources fetches the live homepage, CACI index, and AASI index. Those indexes update automatically. Structured pathway cards are not rewritten from HTML. If the live revision is newer than this body of knowledge, detailed pathway text pauses.