TM
Is that your considered medical opinion?
I assume you carried out the medical examination on the chap in question and are not just repeating an anecdote you heard in chat one night
oh no thats right, you read it in Pilot, Must be true and accurate then
The medical rules are there for a reason and as with any rule you have to set a limit and stick to it. I don't know what the JAA medical ruling is on history of strokes but whatever it is I'm sure the level of acceptability (if any) wasn't just pulled out of the air but based on sound medical reasoning. If you're unfortunate friend falls outside that limit then that is a great shame for him but the rules are there for the safety of the many.
As you say, the people flying with him would know (assuming he tells them or does he wear a huge sign round his neck?) and have the chance to choose whether the risk was acceptable, but what about everybody else in the air and on the ground underneath his flightpath?
How do you think the general public would react if a pilot with a known medical complaint that was outside of the limits set by the JAA (Notice that again TM
the JAAnot the CAA ) were to have a crash and land on someones house or even just near to a built up area, after the CAA had said "well you're outside the limits but we'll give you a licence anyway cos it's
pretty unlikely you'll crash.
I think it would be fairly safe to assume that there would be a whole heap of regulation and possibly even class1 medicals required all-round if enough of a fuss was kicked up by the media.
When you start posting serious,considered,intelligent posts people might start taking you seriously, until then think before you start complaining that you aren't being treated fairly.
Rusty
The CAA is made up of ... probably bakers too,
do they regulate the rolls
who looks after the loops and the stall turns?