a faa licenced pilot with a faa current medical is not allowed to fly in uk airspace if he is not able to pass a jar/uk medical
I'm not questioning this fact (as I don't know if it is a new one or not), I'm just curious as to how the CAA can uphold this when you have trans-atlantic flights landing @ gatwick and heathrow flown by pilots that have never taken a JAR medical?...
Or pilots that have in the passed had heart problems that the FAA allow (and are flying jets) and the CAA do not? They would not pass a JAR, but they are landing at UK international airports in flights originating in the USA.
Or am I mis-understanding it?
S.