CASA CLASS 5 Medical self-declaration - from 9 FEB 2024

[Clinton McKenzie]

Apart from astronauts, fighter pilots and (maybe) aerobatic pilots, there’s nothing special about ordinary pilots that cannot be comprehended and dealt with by a competent GP. AvMed has created its own faux speciality and club, off the back of ICAO and the cognitive bias of average members of the public.

Objective data is slowly prevailing over damaging AvMed overreach, but there are plenty of egos and pockets milking aviation medical certification. The path to enlightenment continues to be a long, expensive and stressful slog.

(I was looking again at ICAO Annex 1 Chapter 6 (medical requirements) the other day and was reminded of gems like paragraphs 6.3.2.6.1, 6.4.2.6.1, 6.5.2.6.1, which say for class 1, class 2 and class 3 respectively:

Electrocardiography shall be included in re-examination of applicants after the age of 50 no less frequently than every two years.

I’m sure there remain zealots out there who would love to inflict that requirement to the letter in Australia, but fortunately the objective data has (mostly) prevailed.)