Originally Posted by
Clinton McKenzie
My primary concern with the current class 1 and 2 certification systems is the perverse incentive not to tell CASA anything or - worse - not to seek medical advice when in doubt, for fear of CASA's damaging overreaction if it finds out. Ms Spence said, straight-faced to a Senate Committee, that she believes no such incentive exists. Her PMO is aware of studies of thousands of pilots that demonstrate otherwise.
That is the main problem, I could think of a great deal of pilots I've known over the years that have kept details from AvMed, some with grounding medical conditions, or at least would require thousands of dollars of tests to prove what we all know just by working with them, that they are 100% safe. I think the answer to alcohol and sleep questions is probably fudged on 90% of forms, or the other stupid questions that no one would ever answer yes to, but most of us, if not all have done.