On Jul 17, 9:17*am, "vaughn" wrote:
"Mike Adams" wrote in message

.. .

If you have your own physical and it finds *something, you're obligated to
report it on the FAA medical application
form.

This is a classic case of unintended consequences from a perfectly
reasonable-sounding governmental regulation. *The requirement for medical
certification may actually make pilots, especially Commercial pilots, LESS
healthy because any visit to their private physician has the potential to ground
them and forever remove their livelihood. *It is hard to think of any other
group of workers with that type of potential bombshell hanging over their head.

Vaughn

Interesting take, and may have some truth, but in that the government
is the certifying authority there is an obligation on its part to
unleash on the rest of us people capable of performing the tasks they
are certified as capable. The other weeding out process, the BFI,
probably helps catch some of the medical misses. That leads to an
interesting question: has there been any work that demonstrates the
BFI has led to a safer universe of pilots?

A related question might focus on some kind of proficiency test for
drivers -- at least a test for reflexes!