Originally Posted by
Frelon
My (qualified) French Medical Examiner charges 35 Euros, and that
includes an ECG!
Good luck in the UK, all those exorbitant fees are behind me now.
Frelon
The medical should cost 80 Euros but I gather that a French citizen can get it for free.
There is some confusion here I believe....
The Medical examination and cert signed by the AME will cost you around 35-45 Euros here, but the urine/bloodwork and ECG tests will cost another 60-100 Euros on top, which French citizens with a "Carte Vitale" have paid for as part of their health cover IF they are FULLY INSURED.
I have lived here 5-6 years now. Never had a problem with my CAA issued JAA-PPL here or with getting stuff revalidated etc. locally here in France and with the way the CAA have always been very helpfull in this regard......until this last week that is.
Be aware that although 2 years ago I had my local AME do my medical and I sent off the French Class 2 cert he gave me (with his DGAC autherisation details) to the CAA and they changed it to a CAA one without any fuss
, This year a different BEurocrat recieved my letter/medical cert and its not good enough anymore apparently
The Class 2 medical cert I have doesnt actually have JAR written on it, it has DGAC on it. Now the French are signed up to JAR-FCL Medicals etc, so now a DGAC class 2 medical here is a JAR class 2 medical........but not to this BEurocrat at the Belgrano.
.....I ALSO now need a letter from my AME here stating that the medical he gave me is to JAR-FCL standard. I pointed out that it was OK 2 years ago and if you check your records ( and my covering letter), its the same guy doing it this year as 2 years ago, but to no avail
......Her response was "..we're getting alot of problems with the French about this..."
All I can say is that I'm glad my AME is so understanding.
Regards, SD..