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Posted by Tony Clark : Bipolar UK glider pilot (now ex pilot)
Re : u.r.a.s post 28th March Title :- Germanwings compared to my BGA case. Thanks for your comments Jonathon May (post 34) and Don Johnstone (post 33). Not very correct in detail, Jonathon, but you did absorb one of the basic concepts . . that I was bitter at the time of being denied passenger clearance by the BGA medic, after the club CFI had cleared me 'technically' . . but I now view this (over a decade later) as a generous judgement by Dr Peter Saunby (the BGA Medical Advisor) since he was enlightened enough to allow me to continue single-seat flying, albeit only from one nominated UK club site only. It was very unfortunate that I later 'wrote off' our jointly owned Vega syndicate sailplane during a badly judged outlanding, indirectly caused by my bipolar condition (see my u.r.a.s post re details) . . but this could obviously have been 'maybe' taking my granddaughter for an ASK21 flight . . Peter Saundby was proved correct. However, the main point of my post was amazement that the German commercial pilot was cleared to fly, not one passenger, as in my case, but thousands of passengers, after 18 months of 'depression' in 2009. May I urge r.a.s contributors to read Dr Peter Saundby's response to my initial post . . his explanation of the German medical confidentiality laws are both incredulous and frighening. At that time (over a decade ago) Don Johnstone and I spoke privately by email, of matters 'bipolar', and he was very supportive, knowing as he does, much more about the bipolar condition than 99% of the population. |
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NOW RESUBMITTED TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE OF MY MESSAGE :-
Posted by Tony Clark : Bipolar UK glider pilot (now ex pilot) Re : u.r.a.s post 28th March Title :- Germanwings compared to my BGA case. Thanks for your comments Jonathon May (post 34) and Don Johnstone (post 33). Not very correct in detail, Jonathon, but you did absorb one of the basic concepts . . that I was bitter at the time of being denied passenger clearance by the BGA medic, after the club CFI had cleared me 'technically' . . but I now view this (over a decade later) as a generous judgement by Dr Peter Saunby (the BGA Medical Advisor) since he was enlightened enough to allow me to continue single-seat flying, albeit only from one nominated UK club site only. It was very unfortunate that I later 'wrote off' our jointly owned Vega syndicate sailplane during a badly judged outlanding, indirectly caused by my bipolar condition (see my u.r.a.s post re details) . . but this could obviously have been 'maybe' taking my granddaughter for an ASK21 flight . . Peter Saundby was proved correct. However, the main point of my post was amazement that the German commercial pilot was cleared to fly, not one passenger, as in my case, but thousands of passengers, after 18 months of 'depression' in 2009. May I urge r.a.s contributors to read Dr Peter Saundby's response to my initial post . . his explanation of the German medical confidentiality laws are both incredulous and frighening. At that time (over a decade ago) Don Johnstone and I spoke privately by email, of matters 'bipolar', and he was very supportive, knowing as he does, much more about the bipolar condition than 99% of the population. |
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