The idiot who inflicted this form on aviators has forgotten at least two problems::
1. The instructor is not a qualified medical professional.
2. The instructor will have her own bias which is uncompensated, ie:
- “does not seem to listen”
‘does not follow through”
”unprepared”
”difficulty prioritising”
”difficulty with…theoretical aspects”
”loses things”
”forgetful”
”easily distracted”
””may fidget”
”overactive….socially”
“restless, distracted,…, .energetic, ……talks excessively, …..and so on…..
COMPARED TO WHAT?????
‘Where are the objective standards for each of these descriptions? There aren’t any. Furthermore some of these behaviours could easily be a result of personality mismatches between instructor and student on many levels.
If CASA knew what they were doing, it might be possible to set objective standards and control for personal differences by using independent assessments by a panel of instructors, but that itself brings in new set of biases as well as the time involved.
Which begs the question; how relevant is an amateurish score on some spectrum to the job of piloting an aircraft?Is this another example of Avmeds quixotic and useless behaviour. How many ATSB reports narrow the cause of an accident to ADHD?
CASAs approach to alcohol and color blindness are equally suspect.
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Last edited by Sunfish; 18th Oct 2022 at 18:35.