Michael,
I think you will find that the BGA requirement now is different from
the one that applied in the 1970s when the study I referred to was
done. The BGA got done over by European harmonisation
We're all just trying to go flying with the minimum fuss and bother.
It is all too easy to start specifying requirements without good
evidence to back them. This just results in flying becoming more
difficult and expensive and I don't think anyone here wants that.
We don't need to give the politicians and bureaucrats ideas and
ammunition. There is one possibility I won't post about on the
web. I have talked to a few people about it and I get them to
promise they won't do that either.
Mike
At 12:48 PM 14/10/2013, you wrote:
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.
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