Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   The plot thickens....FAA changed EKG pilot rules Date:   1/18/2023 9:15:31 AM

Widened the allowable PR range to allow for cardiac injured pilots to pass their EKG.  Happened in October 2022.  There may be a reasonable explanation for the change based on some studies but the FAA is not being forthcoming as to whether this change was a result of long-term studies or what they have been recently seeing in FAA flight physicals from pilots that were previously within the more stringent PR range.  Hopefully we will learn more as the FAA is squeezed to provide data that they used to adjust the EKG value that is acceptable.