Alcoholism and aviation medical certification.
A "history" of alcoholism may be 2 mo old or 20 yr ago. No two individuals are completely alike, and it would be nearly impossible to write a satisfactory regulation that could define when an individual is medically safe to return to flying. Individual consideration would seem to be the fairest way to deal with this issue.
D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States