Friedman v. Fed. Aviation Admin.

Tatel, Circuit Judge:

*1094 For the second time, Eric Friedman, a type-one diabetic and aspiring commercial pilot, challenges the Federal Aviation Administration's refusal to grant him a medical certificate required for commercial flight. Because Friedman uses insulin to manage his blood sugar, the FAA required him to submit data from a relatively new method of blood-glucose testing known as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), which Friedman declined to provide. In a prior decision, our court held that the FAA "ha[d] not borne its burden of justification" for requiring CGM data. Friedman v. FAA (…