Aviation medicine
CASE-46-C — Return-to-Flight After Illness or Injury
Authored demonstration. Not a live employer result.
01 · Situation
The clearance was conditional. The condition was never tracked.
Illustrative conditional return-to-flight clearance requires a follow-up fitness check; the follow-up is never scheduled.
02 · Evidence
What the record holds.
- E1Conditional clearance
Verified · Day 0
- E2Follow-up requirement, due Day 30 per this demonstration’s illustrative case protocol
Verified · Day 0
- E3Scheduling and determination repositories reviewed through Day 45; no follow-up appointment or determination found
Verified · Day 45
- E4Pilot continues duty unconditionally past Day 30
Verified · Day 45
03 · Obligations / Owners
The chain of responsibility.
- 01
AME office (schedule follow-up)
- 02
Scheduling office (hold flight assignment pending documented follow-up determination)
- 03
Records (update status)
04 · Accountability Break
Where the chain broke.
The condition attached to the clearance was never tracked to completion — a conditional obligation quietly became unconditional.
05 · Next Action
The corrective obligation.
Conditional-clearance tracking with an automatic flag at the due date.
06 · Economic Boundary
Where the evidence stops.
Not established.
07 · Engine Answer
What the Engine can and cannot establish.
The scheduling office was required, under this demonstration’s illustrative case protocol, to hold the flight assignment pending a documented follow-up determination due Day 30. The record shows the conditional clearance and the requirement itself, and the scheduling and determination repositories were reviewed through Day 45 with no follow-up appointment or determination found. The Engine can demonstrate that the condition attached to the clearance was not demonstrably resolved. It cannot establish why no follow-up occurred, or whether one occurred outside the reviewed repositories.
The clearance was conditional. The reviewed record does not show the condition resolved.