I'd describe CASA AVMED as a "Bull**** Factory".
I'd like to warn any older pilot about their current practice of looking for anything to add extra expense
to the cost of medicals. It would be interesting to know just how many plus 60 or plus 65 age pilots escape
a medical without any additional requirements.
Example, every one over say 65 has some hearing loss, its only a matter of time before a hearing aid is needed
or very expensive in flight testing.
Then there is eyesight, dam near every Australian has cataracts starting and CASA then require eye specialist reports at every medical
even when your eye sight passes the vision tests etc. What's the point? Either you pass or you don't.
There is no collaboration, they don't give a dam about your real health issues. You could have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and or a high PSA or other blood results come back that really do send warning bells but, CASA do not act on these very serious issues but
focus on finding "something" and seem to grasp at straws.
CASA has a reputation of piling bull**** on bull**** and it makes you wonder where they are going next.
An MRI on every renewal? Additional hearing tests every six months in case the hearing suddenly crosses a line?
They could call for a video recording for a tour of your rectum, bladder, stomach or anything else,
it could end up being as bizarre as asking for semen sample and a DNA test hunting for yet to be discovered
that lack the relevance applied in other ICAO countries.
That's where I think CASA let Australia down, they see themselves as being obliged to have more restrictions and demands than
any other jurisdiction.
Then of course there is the reality that a CASA medical can take all of 60 or 120 seconds with the actual CASA doctor.
I've seen some fast FAA medicals in my time but I've never seen anything faster than a CASA DAME. At that rate, they could
make $100,000 a week.