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Old 31st Aug 2020, 06:19
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OvertHawk
 
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Originally Posted by novice110
No I did read the article, sorry if I don't understand it correctly.

If he did ground himself and notify CASA, then how did they renew his medical ?
He seems to have done the right thing by refusing to fly.

There does seem to be a gap insomuch as he did not report his concerns directly to the CASA medical department if he was unhappy with the way his company AME was handling it.

But let's also give him the benefit of the doubt - If someone is suffering form significant Mental Health problems then their admin may not be entirely up to scratch. He didn't fly thus fulfilling his professional responsibility not to - anything else is just paperwork.

As for Loss of Licence Insurance - many / most policies do not cover some / any mental health conditions so i'm not surprised to hear that the insurance is refusing to pay out..



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