Bad medical examiner postcript

Morgans wrote:

So if you see it, you need to have more information.

True.

How many of these incident's drivers had other previous incidents of the
type?

Completely immaterial. The only important question is how many of these
incidents were caused by medical conditions that would have been caught during a
typical FAA exam. Many of these incidents would have been prevented if drivers
had to go through the same procedure.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

What did the senator tell the FAA?

"George Patterson" wrote

Completely immaterial. The only important question is how many of these
incidents were caused by medical conditions that would have been caught
during a
typical FAA exam. Many of these incidents would have been prevented if
drivers
had to go through the same procedure.

This could be argued adnauseum (is that a word?) with no answers.

The proof (one way or another) will be the statistics gathered after a few
years of the sport pilot program. The results could very well result in
changes in the current system of PPL medicals, or show reasons for keeping
the system in place for many years to come.

Of course, even if data has been collected showing no significant change in
the medically caused accident rate, many will say there is not proof of a
reason to change anything.

'Twill be interesting times to come.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
The proof (one way or another) will be the statistics gathered after a few
years of the sport pilot program. The results could very well result in
changes in the current system of PPL medicals, or show reasons for keeping
the system in place for many years to come.

again (the subject keeps popping up regularly in this newsgroup),
the data is already here, and has been available for ages:
how many flying hours have been flown by glider (sailplane) pilots,
who routinely do something far more challenging physically than what
most powered private pilots do, i.e., longer, higher, more
adrenaline charged flights, and who do all that without
requiring a medical certificate (not even a driving license as
required by sport pilots);


--Sylvain

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:19:10 -0800, Sylvain wrote in
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Morgans wrote:
The proof (one way or another) will be the statistics gathered after a few
years of the sport pilot program. The results could very well result in
changes in the current system of PPL medicals, or show reasons for keeping
the system in place for many years to come.

again (the subject keeps popping up regularly in this newsgroup),
the data is already here, and has been available for ages:
how many flying hours have been flown by glider (sailplane) pilots,
who routinely do something far more challenging physically than what
most powered private pilots do, i.e., longer, higher, more
adrenaline charged flights, and who do all that without
requiring a medical certificate (not even a driving license as
required by sport pilots);

And what information has been gleaned from those data? I would guess,
that the rate of glider accidents per hour flown is significantly
higher than that of typical private pilot powered operation. But
would that be a result of the glider's lack of an engine or
catastrophic medical issues?

Someone from the senator's office called someone at the FAA and told
them that this was a rediculous hang up.

It is scary that a guy with a heart attack is able to use his political
connections to get back at the controls of a 400-passenger airline,
while a student pilot is prevented from taking his checkride in a
Cessna 152 because he had ADD 30 years ago.




Milehiguy wrote:
Someone from the senator's office called someone at the FAA and told
them that this was a rediculous hang up.

It is scary that a guy with a heart attack is able to use his political
connections to get back at the controls of a 400-passenger airline,
while a student pilot is prevented from taking his checkride in a
Cessna 152 because he had ADD 30 years ago.

Did the student pilot call his senator?

Jose
--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

("Andrew Sarangan" wrote)
It is scary that a guy with a heart attack is able to use his political
connections to get back at the controls of a 400-passenger airline, while
a student pilot is prevented from taking his checkride in a Cessna 152
because he had ADD 30 years ago.


Many of us had ADD 30, 40, 50 years ago. Back then they had a different name
for it. We were called ...boys.


Montblack
Stop fidgeting
Pay attention
Stop staring out the window
Stop poking her with your pencil
Pay attention
Stop tapping on your desk
Stop talking in line
Pay attention
Stop rolling your pencil on your desktop
Stop squirming in your chair
Stop counting ceiling tiles during music class
(...more after lunch)

Actually, in another cruel twist of fate, since I live in our nation's
capitol, Washington, D.C., I don't actually have a senator.

Another reason, in addition to the Washington DC metropolitan ADIZ, why
this is a tough home base from which to fly.