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And in what kind of situation is any of that likely to happen to a
private pilot?

Occult cardiovascular disease, typically.

"Mxsmanic" wrote...
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And in what kind of situation is any of that likely to happen to a
private pilot?

Occult cardiovascular disease, typically.

Heredity plays an equally important role in all of this - a person's
vulnerability to disease as a result of environmental factors (smoking,
drinking, breathing in asbestos fibers, etc.) is highly dependent on
genetics, as is your likelihood to suffer a stroke from smoking excessively,
or a heart attack from eating too much bacon, eggs, donuts, etc., or just
plain being overweight.

Where do you draw the line?

Tim writes:

Heredity plays an equally important role in all of this - a person's
vulnerability to disease as a result of environmental factors (smoking,
drinking, breathing in asbestos fibers, etc.) is highly dependent on
genetics, as is your likelihood to suffer a stroke from smoking excessively,
or a heart attack from eating too much bacon, eggs, donuts, etc., or just
plain being overweight.

True ... but the FAA doesn't look at that, either.

Where do you draw the line?

My point is that the FAA criteria are badly skewed. Airline pilots with
first-class medicals still drop dead from time to time, and people who are
denied medicals still live to be 95 years old without ever being suddenly
incapacitated by anything.

The FAA criteria seem to be inherited from military test-pilot programs or
astronaut medicals, but they are far too draconian. The FAA could increase
safety a lot more by testing pilot competence more extensively and forgetting
the over-the-top medical criteria. In fact, the best way to determine pilot
aptitude is by testing it directly, not by inferring it from other
information, and since pilots are tested individually, this is a completely
practical goal.

In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:
Tim writes:

Heredity plays an equally important role in all of this - a person's
vulnerability to disease as a result of environmental factors (smoking,
drinking, breathing in asbestos fibers, etc.) is highly dependent on
genetics, as is your likelihood to suffer a stroke from smoking excessively,
or a heart attack from eating too much bacon, eggs, donuts, etc., or just
plain being overweight.

True ... but the FAA doesn't look at that, either.

Of course not as it is all irrelevant just as is everything you've
been whinning about.


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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Tim writes:

Heredity plays an equally important role in all of this - a person's
vulnerability to disease as a result of environmental factors
(smoking, drinking, breathing in asbestos fibers, etc.) is highly
dependent on genetics, as is your likelihood to suffer a stroke from
smoking excessively, or a heart attack from eating too much bacon,
eggs, donuts, etc., or just plain being overweight.

True ... but the FAA doesn't look at that, either.

Where do you draw the line?

My point is that the FAA criteria are badly skewed. Airline pilots
with first-class medicals still drop dead from time to time, and
people who are denied medicals still live to be 95 years old without
ever being suddenly incapacitated by anything.

The FAA criteria seem to be inherited from military test-pilot
programs or astronaut medicals, but they are far too draconian. The
FAA could increase safety a lot more by testing pilot competence more
extensively and forgetting the over-the-top medical criteria. In
fact, the best way to determine pilot aptitude is by testing it
directly, not by inferring it from other information, and since pilots
are tested individually, this is a completely practical goal.


You have no idea what you're talking about.

you are an idiot.


Bertie

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Airline pilots with first-class medicals still drop dead from time to
time...

Actually, it is quite unusual for anyone to drop dead more than once.

But of course, Anthony knows nothing about flying or the physical
examination process associated with getting a medical. He certainly, by his
own admission, could not pass one regardless.

His opinion on the subject counts for even less.

In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

And in what kind of situation is any of that likely to happen to a
private pilot?

Occult cardiovascular disease, typically.

And if a person had occult cardiovascular disease, they would fail
the medical and wouldn't be a pilot.

Therefore it is not likely to happen to a pilot.


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And if a person had occult cardiovascular disease, they would fail
the medical and wouldn't be a pilot.

No, they would pass. That's why it's called "occult."

In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

And if a person had occult cardiovascular disease, they would fail
the medical and wouldn't be a pilot.

No, they would pass. That's why it's called "occult."

Yeah, sure Dr. Mxsmanic.


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