I submitted mine last week. Spiced and seasoned by a Class 2 medical examination the week before, accompanied by a small collection of avmed screwups which they still, 2 weeks after the exam, don’t appear to have rectified.
- mark > On Mar 27, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Jo Pocklington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, deadline is Thursday 30 March. SAAA & RA-Aus submissions are not > yet available. AOPA put forward a proposal on 23 August 2016 (attached), > which many are supporting. > > GFA tug pilots could be affected. Even though they can operate on an RAMPC, > RAMPC requires fulfilling unconditional private driver licence requirements + > a visit to a Doctor + filling in a medical history form + only being eligible > in the absence of certain conditions - although these conditions do not > preclude an unconditional driver's licence. There are 53+ disqualifying > conditions for an RAMPC including a cancer in the last 5 years, angina, > coronary bypass surgery, ECG changes, insulin treated diabetes, sleep > apnoea... RAMPC is therefore more restrictive than a Class 2 Medical, eg a > healthy private pilot with a recent history of prostate cancer is ineligible > to obtain a RAMPC, but that pilot is unlikely to have difficulty obtaining a > Class 2 Medical Certificate. > > Submissions to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and should > include in the subject line: 'AvMed discussion paper' - regards Jo > > <> > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt > Sent: Monday, 27 March 2017 3:00 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] CASA Avmed discussion paper > > OK how many have put in a submission to CASA Avmed re the current discussion > paper? You have until 31st March.(the end of this week). > > If you don't, there is a possibility you will be required to have a RAMPC to > fly gliders. You can go to recreationalflying.com > <http://recreationalflying.com/> to see the trouble that causes because if > you can't get one for a number of relatively trivial reasons you will be up > for a Class 2 medical with a DAME. > > If you don't put in a submission, preferably in strong support of the AOPA > proposal which has been linked to here a while ago you get to lose all > bitching rights and sympathy when CASA AvMed screws you over. > > Don't expect GFA to do anything sensible, do it yourself. > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation > since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: > int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > <discussion paper on medical and AOPA > recommendation.pdf>_______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>
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