IO540 wrote:
>>>>Reading the above quote, you can see how scared the national CAAs are of EASA... Stuff like "Medical requirements based on risk assessment" is a totally alien concept in aviation regulation.
Well, it is how about half the UK pilot population flies, and half the instructors, according to the figures from Flight Training News which has half the UK fleet and half the Uk schools being microlights and hang gliders and paramotors. Plus the NPPL light aircraft folk.
We all fly on chits signed by our GPs based on our medical records - and NOT a medical examination. Click link on nppl web site for details.
The risk assessment based system - with its lower paperwork - was pioneered by the UK!
Quite simply, if you have had chest pains - like I have had - the most important thing in life is not your flying licence! So you see the GP and he enters it into your records.
So there is nothing to hide. And no exam needed - except in some exceptional cases, and they don't include a student of mine who has had a heart transpant.
Very best wishes