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Old March 31st 07, 11:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Default Aviation Medical "Fraud"

Recently, Jim Logajan posted:

Larry Dighera wrote:
How is it that airmen are able to hide their medical conditions from
the licensed medical doctor examining them, but not from Congress?


Obviously they can't. The airmen were either:

1) Committing fraud against the Social Security Administration,
2) Committing fraud against the Federal Aviation Administration,
3) Neither of the above.

There are too many problems with the committee's report[1] that it is
difficult to know where to start. Here's an attempt:

(rest of this excellent analysis snipped for brevity)

It constantly amazes me how a committee charged with oversight can deliver
published reports with such elementary errors, numerous misstatements and
erroneous conclusions. And then I recall the notion that "people usually
get the government they deserve" and find it a really depressing
situation.

Neil