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Old 26th Sep 2007, 18:47
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Kit d'Rection KG
 
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No, Whirly, I'm saying, very clearly, that someone who is medically unfit to hold a medical issued in the UK, and then twists the rules to stay flying, is trying to buck the system, and I think they ought to ponder the consequences of that.

I'm not going to waste my time going through all the arguments so well described in 'Attitude or Latitude' (Doctor Graham Barithwaite) (albeit, with reference to Australian safety rather than US, but the principles are the same), but I will say that the UK has enjoyed one of the best 'safety' records in the world, and that it's presently going downhill, partly on account of all the folk who think they know better. And there are lots of them.

Oh, by the way, Whirly, I've found a universally lower standard amongst US-trained pilots I've been around (trained, interviewed, or checked) than UK-trained ones, if that helps at all... Where did you get your qualifications?
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