A PPRuNer sent me a PM saying that he wanted to post the following, but thought better of it. However, he is happy for me to post it without attribution:
Is there anyone else besides your truly, who feels that this whole thread is quite disturbing?
The reason I have reached this opinion is that over, say the last four or five years, I have had a number of Medicos, including several DAME's say to me the following words;
"The less they (CASA Avmed) are told, the better!"
That experience is typical.
There are very sound reasons for that advice.
But at least in those cases the pilots are talking to doctors and getting assistance. My primary concern - and the reason for my view that Avmed is now a force inimical to aviation safety - is that there are now pilots who are too scared to raise issues with any doctor, for fear of it getting back to Avmed.