Originally Posted by
1986Newbie
look forward to them? Absolutely not lol but tolerate them for the greater good yes absolutely! For the medical though I understand it's a procedure that takes approx half a working day and costs about £1K where I am so if location doesn't make any difference then I'd prefer to use the £1K on the medical whilst also getting a long weekend somewhere new as well 😀
Not possible. If you look at the UK CAA website, all Class 1 initial medicals are done at a small handful of aeromedical centres within the UK. There are no overseas centres providing Class 1 initials for the UK.