At 02:47 PM 20/12/05 +1100, you wrote:
>
>
>If a pilot fails a CASA class 1 medical (CPL), it doesn't necessarily
>mean that they will fail the less stringent class 2 medical (PPL)
>
>Let's face it, to fly gliders in this country, you don't even need a
>CASA medical:
>you don't have to prove you are fit to do so, you just have to declare
>you are, so just like most of the pilots in Australia, he could sign his
>declaration of fitness and jump into your prized income earner
>
>The pilots who argue vociferously against medicals are perhaps the ones
>with something to hide...
You mean the entire British Gliding Association? Who fought for years
against any medicals on thwe grounds that it was a lot of money for little
to no demonstrable safety increase backed by statistics on their own
accidents. Most glider accidents are caused by brain failure it seems which
doesn't get picked up in any medicals.
Mike
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