Yeah, I know I said I was going to give up the Flying Columns. I can’t get my medical license re-issued, and it has me bummed.“Why can’t you get your flight medical re-issued? Head trauma?”No, it’s because I take meds for the arthritis pain, which are on the FAA’s no-fly list of prohibited pills.Trouble is, the FAA won’t buy my story, even if it were the truth, if I tell them I simply won’t take any pain pills the day of the flight, or even a few days before. If you are being prescribed them, the FAA doesn’t want to ...