Originally Posted by BEagle
"I just wore my jeans and a pair of trainers, and a sweatshirt - basically smart casual."
Smart casual?
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BEagle,
What has that got to do with wearing jeans and trainers to a medical ?. The clothes I wore to the medical were smart, but as I said casual. I wasn't going for an interview so did not feel the need to dress up in the whistle.
I already said in the post that it is advisable to wear something you can run in - thats what I was told prior to going, so I wore trainers. The one (and only) guy who was fully suited and booted had to go run around the car park for 20 mins on a frosty/icy morning in a suit and a pair of shoes - hardly advisable now is it.
There were people there that were just in there scruffy clothes they would wear around the house. Didn't stop them getting a medical THEY were paying for.
What you wear to the CAA medical centre has absolutely zero influence on whether you can fly an a/c or not. It's the results of the medical itself that counts.
