If there were any substance to CASA AvMed’s concerns about the efficacy of the OCVA and compliance with ‘the international standard’, CASA would be calling loudly and courageously for:
- Cessation of commercial flights into Australia by crew medically certified by the NZCAA. Those crew include pilots certified to have met the colour perception criterion in the medical standard on the basis of the OCVA.
- Cessation of commercial flights of Australian aircraft into the NZ. The fare paying passengers on board those Australian aircraft are being exposed to risks arising from NZ aircraft in NZ with crew medically certified by the NZCAA.
Ditto commercial flights into Australia by crew medically certified by the FAA and commercial flights of Australian aircraft into the USA. The FAA certifies crew as having met the colour perception criterion in the medical standard on the basis of an operational test.
The dire safety consequences of CVD know no borders. CASA AvMed’s selfless leadership and commitment to the safety of air navigation surely demands a complete review of the way in which every country tests and certifies compliance with the colour perception standard, and a ‘banning’ of all commercial flights to and from all countries which do not test and certify in a way with which CASA Avmed is satisfied.
Last edited by Clinton McKenzie; 9th Nov 2023 at 08:14.