Thanks Mike. Noted. > I'm not sure you actually read my post. Either that or your reading comprehension is extremely poor.
Mike, I have carefully re-read your posts. You said: >The BGA did a study many years ago of 800 glider accidents in the UK. IIRC about 5 may have had a medical component... No-where did you explicitly mention in your post that the BGA uses self declared medicals, so I apologise for not looking that up prior, so I may have been in error to use 5 out of 800 as a medical accident rate. On looking at the BGA website, however; Before going solo, you need to get a GP certificate, hence this is NOT self certifying. Hence there is some medical filtering even if only once (analogous to driving a car). (http://www.gliding.co.uk/learningtoglide/whocanglide.htm ) >Fitness >As a general rule, if you are fit enough to drive a car, you are fit enough to fly a glider. Before you fly, you will need to sign a simple medical declaration and, before you fly solo, you will need to get your GP to certify that you meet the same standards that you must meet to drive a car. For more information, please see the medical page. Gliding is suitable for people with a range of disabilities - for more information, see the heading Disabled Gliding. The American Balloon Association and American Soaring Society do not require a medical certificate. (b) Operations not requiring a medical certificate. A person is not required to hold a medical certificate- (3) When exercising the privileges of a pilot certificate with a glider category rating or balloon class rating in a glider or a balloon, as appropriate; (4) When exercising the privileges of a flight instructor certificate with- (i) A sport pilot rating in a glider or balloon; or (ii) A glider category rating; (http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/0/4 918FD0A30096B078625768D00562C92?OpenDocument) (http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?type=simple;c=ecfr;cc=ecfr;sid=85f 2f758c7572cf6fd784c355d1c55a1;idno=14;region=DIV1;q1=61.23;rgn=div8;view =text;node=14%3A2.0.1.1.2.1.1.17) Your other point that the medical accident rate is already low (1% to 2%), hence more stringent medical requirements are unlikely make any difference for the extra expense and effort required, and the fact that pilots self report is also noted. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
