No - the medical is only a snapshot of your health taken by a doctor every 12 Months; every other day we go flying we make a self declaration of our personal fitness to fly.
Stuart FERGUSON Phone - 0419 797508 On 18/05/2012, at 18:39, "Texler, Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry, that does not answer the question. >> Where is the evidence that pilots with a Class 2 medical are safer? > > Fair enough. > > Emilis alluded to data to support the converse showing that there was no > difference to the accident rate between self reported and medically endorsed > pilots. It would be interesting to see that report. > > As a start (anecdotally). >> From my own experience having worked in A&E departments and mortuaries (even >> allowing for differences in sizes of the participating populations) I have >> seen much more injury and death from medical incapacity in motor vehicles >> than in aircraft pilots. > > In the meantime I will review the literature. > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
