Jim, CASA have a number of approved DAME's overseas, especially in anglo-centric countries such as GBR, HKG, SIN etc. They may be your best bet if you're unable to self-certify.
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Re: Medicals (Christopher Thorpe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:18:41 +0930 > From: emilis prelgauskas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gerhard Waibel lecture > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Thank you Bernard > I will attend > > >> On 10/10/2013, at 5:19 PM, Future Aviation wrote: >> >> Gerhard Waibel will be visiting Adelaide in early November and he has >> kindly agreed to giving a lecture >> at the UniSA campus at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide. For further details >> please refer to the attached flyer. >> I would appreciate if you could let me know whether you are going?to >> attend. It will help to?organise the >> event! > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: text/enriched > Size: 866 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131010/30699721/attachment.bin> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:37:17 +0000 > From: jim crowhurst <[email protected]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Medicals > To: aus soaring <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > I have just been reading the medicals section of the OPS part of the GFA > website and was looking at the FAQ. With respect to overseas pilots, I am > confused.... > > I am an Australian Citizen but hold a Class 1/Class 2 Medical Certificate > issued overseas. Can I use this to meet GFA?s medical requirements? > No. You must hold a Medical Certificate issued by an Australian Registered > Doctor or DAME. This means that regardless of any medical obtained overseas, > a visiting pilot on holiday MUST see an Australian doctor and get signed off > if they have ever had any of the exclusions, even if they hold a class 1 or 2 > medical in their country. Some of the conditions are quite common in the age > group of pilots that visit Australia. Surely if they have been signed off in > the UK or USA or Germany for example they would meet requirements here? Is > there any reciprocal arrangement with certain countries? My concern is that > Australia may lose out on overseas pilots coming to visit because of the > medical requirements. Has this always been this way or are these new > regulations? This is more stringent than EASA, and that's saying something! > Can someone knowledgeable explain the rules for overseas pilots or is it > simply that "if you can't self certify, see an Australian doctor" and hope > they sign! ! > off? It's not exactly convenient....... thanks > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131010/10b221d4/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:53:20 +1000 > From: "Christopher McDonnell" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <7C3A3D29ADD848A6B4F15B727B019823@ownerPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > I went to the UK recently for the Vintage Rally. > The club there told me I would have to have the UK medical certificate signed > by a UK licenced practitioner. > Luckily for me my GP here had retained his UK licence so he signed it > addending his licence number. > I thought it odd that I could arrive in the UK and pick any GP who did not > know my medical history. > Would not certification by your own GP in medically reputable countries be > better? > > From: jim crowhurst > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:37 PM > To: aus soaring > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Medicals > > I have just been reading the medicals section of the OPS part of the GFA > website and was looking at the FAQ. With respect to overseas pilots, I am > confused.... > > I am an Australian Citizen but hold a Class 1/Class 2 Medical Certificate > issued overseas. Can I use this to meet GFA?s medical requirements? > > No. You must hold a Medical Certificate issued by an Australian Registered > Doctor or DAME. > > > > This means that regardless of any medical obtained overseas, a visiting pilot > on holiday MUST see an Australian doctor and get signed off if they have ever > had any of the exclusions, even if they hold a class 1 or 2 medical in their > country. Some of the conditions are quite common in the age group of pilots > that visit Australia. Surely if they have been signed off in the UK or USA or > Germany for example they would meet requirements here? Is there any > reciprocal arrangement with certain countries? > > > > My concern is that Australia may lose out on overseas pilots coming to visit > because of the medical requirements. Has this always been this way or are > these new regulations? > > > > This is more stringent than EASA, and that's saying something! > > > > Can someone knowledgeable explain the rules for overseas pilots or is it > simply that "if you can't self certify, see an Australian doctor" and hope > they sign off? > > > > It's not exactly convenient....... > > > > thanks > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131010/2717bc15/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:53:00 +1100 > From: "Christopher Thorpe" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Medicals > To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The Q&A means exactly what it says. An AUSTRALIAN pilot must have an > AUSTRALIAN Medical Certificate. > > > > I'm not sure how this morphed into the requirements for foreign pilots, but > there is a separate page dedicated to foreign pilots at the following link:- > > > <http://www.glidingaustralia.org/GFA-Ops/foreignpilots.html> > http://www.glidingaustralia.org/GFA-Ops/foreignpilots.html > > > > Christopher Thorpe > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jim > crowhurst > Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2013 9:37 PM > To: aus soaring > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Medicals > > > > I have just been reading the medicals section of the OPS part of the GFA > website and was looking at the FAQ. With respect to overseas pilots, I am > confused.... > > I am an Australian Citizen but hold a Class 1/Class 2 Medical Certificate > issued overseas. Can I use this to meet GFA's medical requirements? > > No. You must hold a Medical Certificate issued by an Australian Registered > Doctor or DAME. > > > > This means that regardless of any medical obtained overseas, a visiting > pilot on holiday MUST see an Australian doctor and get signed off if they > have ever had any of the exclusions, even if they hold a class 1 or 2 > medical in their country. Some of the conditions are quite common in the age > group of pilots that visit Australia. Surely if they have been signed off in > the UK or USA or Germany for example they would meet requirements here? Is > there any reciprocal arrangement with certain countries? > > > > My concern is that Australia may lose out on overseas pilots coming to visit > because of the medical requirements. Has this always been this way or are > these new regulations? > > > > This is more stringent than EASA, and that's saying something! > > > > Can someone knowledgeable explain the rules for overseas pilots or is it > simply that "if you can't self certify, see an Australian doctor" and hope > they sign off? > > > > It's not exactly convenient....... > > > > thanks > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131011/8390b1f2/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > End of Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 121, Issue 10 > ******************************************** _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
