Airline pilot dies after takeoff

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/20....ap/index.html

So much for first-class medicals.

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Airline pilots don't necessarily need first class medicals. The requirements
are company specific.

I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

wrote:
I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

Yes, that is correct. To exercise ATP privelages one must have a 1sst
class med. A 2nd class is required to exercise commercial privelages
(e.g. non-ATP). Most airlines require both Capt. and FO to have 1st
class meds though.

Some aircraft require an ATP to be PIC by certification.

Viperdoc wrote:
Airline pilots don't necessarily need first class medicals. The requirements
are company specific.

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wrote:
I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

Yes, that is correct. To exercise ATP privelages one must have a 1sst
class med. A 2nd class is required to exercise commercial privelages
(e.g. non-ATP). Most airlines require both Capt. and FO to have 1st
class meds though.


I can picture the FAA putting the FO through the wringer because he
exercised ATP privileges (landing the plane safely) without a valid first
class medical.

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

Steve Foley wrote:

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

I agree. Mx shooting his mouth off again.

Mxsmanic wrote:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/20....ap/index.html

So much for first-class medicals.

No doctor can guarentee you'll be alive in an hour, let alone 6 months.
Best that can be done is weed out a little risk.
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Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

Steve Foley writes:

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

The idea of a first-class medical is that it prevents the kind of
event that makes a pilot too ill to fly the plane.

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Steve Foley writes:

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first
class
medical.

The idea of a first-class medical is that it prevents the kind of
event that makes a pilot too ill to fly the plane.

Please tell me EXACTLY what kind of event made this pilot too ill to fly,
and what kind of test is commonly used to detect this event.