Too Old?

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I'm trying to envision all those people taking a hit off a Marlboro
and immediately keeling over...



Well, a lot of people do keel over while exercising. But I've never heard
of anyone having heart attack while reaching for another donut.

Should the FAA disqualify anyone who has a membership at a gym?


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Geoff
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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What I'm saying doesn't conflict with the Pass= fly regardless of age. It
simply RECOGNIZES that at a certain point while following the "plan", a
pilot WILL reach a specific point in time where the medical can no longer
be passed. In other words, Fail= no longer fly.

'cepen now there is the "let it expire and be a sport pilot" option. Or,
the "never did need a medical" glider option if you don't like some of the
sport pilot limitations (you are still stuck with 2 place). Some "self
launch gliders" will run circles around what a number of people here fly as
SEL... How about 140 knots at altitude from a turbo Rotax
http://www.stemmewest.com/pages/S10_E.pdf ?
(All this assuming, of course, that the reason for failing doesn't
compromise your ability to act as PIC).

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On Sep 4, 1:25*pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:

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As for smoking, that is utter, pulled out of your ass, nonsense.

Not when the air is thin.

More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population of Peru
would be incapacitated.

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Jim Pennino

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Your knowledge of this subject is so seriously limited that you really
need to drop out of the discussion before you make yourself look
really stupid. The people of Peru who live at high altitudes have
become acclimated to the altitude and are not as subject to altitude
sickness as those who live at lower altitudes. Smoking has the direct
effect of diminishing the ability of the lungs to absorb oxygen which
becomes especially critical at higher altitudes. Smokers who are not
acclimated to the altitude and who take off from lower altitudes and
asscend to altitude can easily become oxygen starved resulting in
numerous possible medical problems.

In rec.aviation.owning BobR wrote:
On Sep 4, 1:25?pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:

As for smoking, that is utter, pulled out of your ass, nonsense.

Not when the air is thin.

More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population of Peru
would be incapacitated.

--
Jim Pennino

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Your knowledge of this subject is so seriously limited that you really
need to drop out of the discussion before you make yourself look
really stupid. The people of Peru who live at high altitudes have
become acclimated to the altitude and are not as subject to altitude
sickness as those who live at lower altitudes. Smoking has the direct
effect of diminishing the ability of the lungs to absorb oxygen which
becomes especially critical at higher altitudes. Smokers who are not
acclimated to the altitude and who take off from lower altitudes and
asscend to altitude can easily become oxygen starved resulting in
numerous possible medical problems.

Point totally missed.

1) No one becomes "immediately incapacitated", whatever that means,
from smoking.

2) If smoking were "immediately incapacitating" from an altitude change,
every ski resort would be littered with bodies.

3) Everyone becomes oxygen starved as altitude increases. For the average
heavy smoker that will happen at a lower altitude than for the average
non-smoker.

4) Oxygen starvation doesn't result in medical problems, it causes
phyisological problems that are eliminated by increased oxygen.


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Jim Pennino

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5) FAA minimums on Ox usage are conservative enough to acomodate even heavy
smokers.

wrote in :

In rec.aviation.owning BobR wrote:
On Sep 4, 1:25?pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:

As for smoking, that is utter, pulled out of your ass, nonsense.

Not when the air is thin.

More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population of
Peru would be incapacitated.

--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.

Your knowledge of this subject is so seriously limited that you
really need to drop out of the discussion before you make yourself
look really stupid. The people of Peru who live at high altitudes
have become acclimated to the altitude and are not as subject to
altitude sickness as those who live at lower altitudes. Smoking has
the direct effect of diminishing the ability of the lungs to absorb
oxygen which becomes especially critical at higher altitudes.
Smokers who are not acclimated to the altitude and who take off from
lower altitudes and asscend to altitude can easily become oxygen
starved resulting in numerous possible medical problems.

Point totally missed.

1) No one becomes "immediately incapacitated", whatever that means,
from smoking.



Depends on what you mean by that. Smoking will exacerbate any situation
where breathing sails close to the edge, like a sudden loss of
pressurisation or if the individual has been comprimised and breathing
becomes difficult. Like someone who has been badly inured and is
comatose. All other factors being equal, if the individual has been
pushed to the edge in a situation like this, a history of smoking will
push them over it.


Bertie

In rec.aviation.owning Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote in :

In rec.aviation.owning BobR wrote:
On Sep 4, 1:25?pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:

As for smoking, that is utter, pulled out of your ass, nonsense.

Not when the air is thin.

More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population of
Peru would be incapacitated.

--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.

Your knowledge of this subject is so seriously limited that you
really need to drop out of the discussion before you make yourself
look really stupid. The people of Peru who live at high altitudes
have become acclimated to the altitude and are not as subject to
altitude sickness as those who live at lower altitudes. Smoking has
the direct effect of diminishing the ability of the lungs to absorb
oxygen which becomes especially critical at higher altitudes.
Smokers who are not acclimated to the altitude and who take off from
lower altitudes and asscend to altitude can easily become oxygen
starved resulting in numerous possible medical problems.

Point totally missed.

1) No one becomes "immediately incapacitated", whatever that means,
from smoking.



Depends on what you mean by that. Smoking will exacerbate any situation
where breathing sails close to the edge, like a sudden loss of
pressurisation or if the individual has been comprimised and breathing
becomes difficult. Like someone who has been badly inured and is
comatose. All other factors being equal, if the individual has been
pushed to the edge in a situation like this, a history of smoking will
push them over it.

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

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Jim Pennino

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In rec.aviation.owning Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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In rec.aviation.owning BobR wrote:
On Sep 4, 1:25?pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:

As for smoking, that is utter, pulled out of your ass,
nonsense.

Not when the air is thin.

More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population
of
Peru would be incapacitated.

--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.

Your knowledge of this subject is so seriously limited that you
really need to drop out of the discussion before you make yourself
look really stupid. The people of Peru who live at high altitudes
have become acclimated to the altitude and are not as subject to
altitude sickness as those who live at lower altitudes. Smoking
has
the direct effect of diminishing the ability of the lungs to absorb
oxygen which becomes especially critical at higher altitudes.
Smokers who are not acclimated to the altitude and who take off
from
lower altitudes and asscend to altitude can easily become oxygen
starved resulting in numerous possible medical problems.

Point totally missed.

1) No one becomes "immediately incapacitated", whatever that means,
from smoking.



Depends on what you mean by that. Smoking will exacerbate any
situation
where breathing sails close to the edge, like a sudden loss of
pressurisation or if the individual has been comprimised and
breathing
becomes difficult. Like someone who has been badly inured and is
comatose. All other factors being equal, if the individual has been
pushed to the edge in a situation like this, a history of smoking
will
push them over it.

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


Well, there are a lot of private pilots operating airplanes at high
altitudes these days.
Leaving that aside, my intention as to highlight the damage done and how
that can comprimise someone operating at or near their limit. It's
something else stacked against you in a bad situation. .

What do peruvian mountain dwellers have to do with private pilots?

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Well, there are a lot of private pilots operating airplanes at high
altitudes these days.
Leaving that aside, my intention as to highlight the damage done and how
that can comprimise someone operating at or near their limit. It's
something else stacked against you in a bad situation. .

What do peruvian mountain dwellers have to do with private pilots?

Point missed completely.

You're a dumb ass, and you're trolling, and doing a **** poor job of both.

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote:
1) No one becomes "immediately incapacitated", whatever that means,
from smoking.

Depends on what you mean by that. Smoking will exacerbate any situation
where breathing sails close to the edge, like a sudden loss of
pressurisation or if the individual has been comprimised and breathing
becomes difficult. Like someone who has been badly inured and is
comatose. All other factors being equal, if the individual has been
pushed to the edge in a situation like this, a history of smoking will
push them over it.

ALERT THE PRESS! THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR! BERTIE HAS WRITTEN IN
SUPPORT OF A STATEMENT MADE BY MXSMANIC!!!!!

Ahhhh! WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!!!! :-)

[Because up thread it were writ:]

In rec.aviation.owning Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

If the smoking or drinking were to eventually cause a problem that
could become incapacitating, and that takes lots of years, the problem
would be cause to fail the medical.

Both can be immediately incapacitating.