What's new, and what's next

Now in the app

• BasicMed (Part 68) support — a plain-language guide to the FAA's BasicMed requirements linked straight to the source, plus tracking for your medical-education course (every 24 months) and physician exam (every 48 months) with reminders before each is due. Tell the app how you fly — certificate, BasicMed, or both — and it tracks the right dates for your path.
• BasicMed CMEC form prep — fills the pilot section of the FAA's Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (Form 8700-2) from the records you've already entered, so you hand your physician a prepared form. You review and sign it yourself.
• Share with my AME — bundle your records and saved documents into one clean PDF and send it to your AME from your phone; you choose what to include, and it's built on your device.
• Bring in your documents — add a PDF or photo from Files or Photos, or share one straight into the app from Mail (like a lab result your doctor emailed), alongside the camera scanner, and keep them organized in one place.
• Faster data entry — log a visit from Siri, Shortcuts, or the Action button; pull a provider's details from your Contacts; one-tap chips for recent reasons and common dosing; and add another visit from the same provider in a tap.
• Apple Health Records import — pull your real medications and lab results from your healthcare provider, on your device, to speed up your prep.
• Home & Lock Screen widget — a glanceable countdown to your medical's expiration, right on your Home or Lock Screen.
• Siri & Spotlight — ask "when does my medical expire?" out loud, or jump into the app straight from search.
• Calendar reminders — add your renewal deadline to your own calendar so it reminds you however you've set it up.
• MedXPress autofill — fills your medications and doctor visits straight into the FAA form so you don't retype them every cycle.
• CACI worksheet surfacing — when you log a diagnosis the FAA's CACI worksheets cover, the app pulls up the FAA's own documents-required checklist so you walk in prepared.
• Prior-cycle answer check — snapshots each cycle's prep and flags when this cycle's answers drift from last time.
• Special Issuance tracking — keeps your SI requirements, checklist, and physician letters organized, with reminders for recurring tests.
• Health metrics vs. the FAA's own thresholds — charts your Apple Health data against the FAA's cited numbers, with the source shown.
• Renewal countdown — calculates your certificate's expiration from the real 14 CFR rules and reminds you before it lapses.
• AME directory — searchable, factual list of Aviation Medical Examiners, sortable by distance and plotted on a map.
• iPad layout — a proper sidebar on iPad, plus polish across the app.

In progress

What comes next is shaped by what pilots ask for — no dates, no promises, just steady work. Here's what's taking shape:

• Calendar import for your visits — if you keep doctor's appointments on a calendar, optionally connect one and the app can pull the dates and addresses to prefill your visit log, so you're not typing them in from memory. It reads only the single calendar you choose, and nothing unless you connect one.
• Mail it to the FAA — an extension of Share with my AME: when you need to send documents to the FAA by mail, the app assembles a print-ready package — a cover sheet plus the documents you choose, with your name and date of birth on every page the way the FAA asks — so it's ready for the envelope.

Tell me what you need at support@pilotmedicalguardian.com.