OK. I am sorry. My mistake, I am responsible.
In Finland the rules for medicals seemed to change to stricter direction quite
much at the same time as the "pan-European" aviation rules and regulations
were put in action.
In our country another great change occurred at the same time: The regulator
i.e. the authority that has been delegated the power to issue the rules and
regulations in our country went through a serious upheaval at the same time.
So I really do not know if this is an international trend, or is it just coincidental
in our beautiful country. And the reason might be that two major changes
happened in approximately the same period of time.
Two major changes in about the same time frame resulted that at least three
of my former colleagues lost their medicals for quite some time. Eventually they
got their medicals back. The time they were not having their medicals
is something that I would not wish to anyone to happen. Ever.
(As you understand I can not reveal anything of their cases. They are my
friends first of all.)
So in our country these two major changes at the same time
- New rules and regulations from outside the system. (Pan-European rules; JAR:s)
- Pretty much fresh organization of the "regulator"
resulted in quite much unwanted situations in the perspective of fellow
air traffic controllers.
So the question is, that have these pan-European (JAR:s) affected in
some situations concerning medicals where the legal rights of the individuals
seem to have been affected in not too positive ways? Have some ATCO:s
lost their medicals for no reason at all "just in case there might be something"
or as it seems just to protect the "backsides" of the medical issuing parties?
It might be that the changes in the governing organizations that where put in
place in our country at the same timeframe as the new "JAR-based rules"
where the cause in the unwanted situations.
I am sorry, my ability to frame this issue in a more precise or more
simplified way is a bit limited.
The vid in my first posting refers to "Dire Straits" song "Telegraph road".
Here are the
lyrics.