CAA JAA Class 1 Medical not enough to train in Ireland?!
Ok this post may be pointless but I wanted to post my view.
I have my JAA Class 1 Medical Certificate from the CAA, Gatwick. I have only had it for a couple of months and have recently been accepted into an irish flying school.
If I want to train at the irish school I have to get a Class 1 Medical through the Irish Aviation Authority which would cost €600 on top of the course cost, and 7hours worth of testing.
I am lost as to why I have to pay to go through this medical testing again to get an Irish medical, when I have a JAA approved medical from the CAA and the training is for a JAA pilots licence. So I would have thought my current medical should suffice?
Seems a pointless waste of time and extra money? (Plus it costs so much more than CAA medical and has even more tests!)
Andy