aweeasean
7th Feb 2014, 00:20
Hey guys, I have some questions on the CASA Class 1 Medical and any help will be much appreciated.
When I did my initial CASA medical, the DAME asked if I had any issues with regards to asthma. I don't know if I was being naive, but wanting to be honest to a governmental auditing body, I told him I had childhood asthma despite the fact that I have never been experiencing breathing difficulties or asthma attacks in more than ten years.
He put that down submitted that to CASA and they requested for a spirometry report. I went for a spirometry test and failed the peak flow graph by 1% (I'm not exaggerating. I actually failed by THAT little), they requested that I see a doctor, undergo treatment and produce another spirometry report.
So I did that and my doctor prescribed me the Seretide puffer. After using it for a couple of weeks, I went for another spirometry test and passed this time. I submitted the report to CASA and they FINALLY issued my Class 1 medical. It came with conditions though. The Class 2 part of the cert lasted only one year and they required an another spirometry report for the following medical checkup.
So when it was up for renewal, I did everything as requested - I took my seretide puffer again as prescribed by my doctor and did another spirometry as requested by CASA. Results were all good and I submitted that when I went for my medical checkup for renewal.
I thought it was finally over but I just received my Class 1 medical certificate and it is still requesting that I produce a spirometry report on the next renewal. On top of that, the Class 2 expiration is also still within a year instead of four. I hope that I will not have to go through this ordeal annually. My pilot and doctor friends tell me I did the right thing by declaring my condition but now I'm thinking otherwise as this is starting to tick me off. Is there any way I can get them to stop requesting for these audits? Thanks in advanced!
When I did my initial CASA medical, the DAME asked if I had any issues with regards to asthma. I don't know if I was being naive, but wanting to be honest to a governmental auditing body, I told him I had childhood asthma despite the fact that I have never been experiencing breathing difficulties or asthma attacks in more than ten years.
He put that down submitted that to CASA and they requested for a spirometry report. I went for a spirometry test and failed the peak flow graph by 1% (I'm not exaggerating. I actually failed by THAT little), they requested that I see a doctor, undergo treatment and produce another spirometry report.
So I did that and my doctor prescribed me the Seretide puffer. After using it for a couple of weeks, I went for another spirometry test and passed this time. I submitted the report to CASA and they FINALLY issued my Class 1 medical. It came with conditions though. The Class 2 part of the cert lasted only one year and they required an another spirometry report for the following medical checkup.
So when it was up for renewal, I did everything as requested - I took my seretide puffer again as prescribed by my doctor and did another spirometry as requested by CASA. Results were all good and I submitted that when I went for my medical checkup for renewal.
I thought it was finally over but I just received my Class 1 medical certificate and it is still requesting that I produce a spirometry report on the next renewal. On top of that, the Class 2 expiration is also still within a year instead of four. I hope that I will not have to go through this ordeal annually. My pilot and doctor friends tell me I did the right thing by declaring my condition but now I'm thinking otherwise as this is starting to tick me off. Is there any way I can get them to stop requesting for these audits? Thanks in advanced!