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title: "ATCO.MED.B.050 Musculoskeletal system — ANNEX IV – PART ATCO.MED – MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, ATCO · Avioverse"
description: "Applicants shall have satisfactory functional use of the musculoskeletal system to enable them to safely exercise the privileges of the licence."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atco/part-atco-med-medical-requirements-for-air-traffic/subpart-b/atco-med-b-050"
---

# ATCO.MED.B.050 Musculoskeletal system

ANNEX IV – PART ATCO.MED – MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS · Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

IR Implementing rule

## ATCO.MED.B.050 Musculoskeletal system

(a) Applicants shall have satisfactory functional use of the musculoskeletal system to enable them to safely exercise the privileges of the [licence](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/licence).

(b) Applicants with static or progressive musculoskeletal or rheumatologic conditions likely to interfere with the safe exercise of the licence privileges shall be referred to the [licensing authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/licensing-authority). A fit [assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/assessment) may be considered after satisfactory specialist evaluation.

IR · ATCO.MED.B.050 — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 ATCO.MED.B.050 Musculoskeletal system

(a) Applicants with any [significant](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/significant) sequelae from disease, injury or congenital abnormality affecting the bones, joints, muscles or tendons with or without surgery require full evaluation prior to a fit [assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/assessment).

(b) Abnormal physique, including obesity, or muscular weakness may require [aero-medical assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aero-medical-assessment) and particular attention should be paid to an aero-medical assessment in the working environment.

(c) Locomotor dysfunction, amputations, malformations, loss of function and progressive osteoarthritic disorders should be assessed on an individual basis in conjunction with the appropriate operational expert with a knowledge of the complexity of the tasks of the applicant.

(d) Applicants with inflammatory, infiltrative or degenerative disease of the musculoskeletal system may be assessed as fit provided the condition is in remission and the medication is acceptable.

AMC · AMC1 ATCO.MED.B.050 — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ED Decision 2015/010/R · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

[All rules in SUBPART B – SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS 3 MEDICAL CERTIFICATES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atco/part-atco-med-medical-requirements-for-air-traffic/subpart-b)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 14 Jun 2024, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.