Would I take someone flying on a local trip as a 'last wish' kind of thing? Definitely
172 Driver in some ways there is an element of truth to the fact that it is probably "safer" flying an ill patient on a longer flight than a short one?
The longer flight probably means a larger multi engine aircraft with the sick person accompanied by a friend or whatever in the back and away from the cockpit invironment.
Contrast that to the hour local sightseeing flight in a single engine aircraft.
Maybe the sick person is in the front in a cramped situation.
Someone having a serious seizure could have large implications to that flight?
Yet those sort of good will type of flights in light aircraft with low time pilots probably happen far more frequently than can be imagined.
While the pilots probably dont realise the risks involved.
Maybe AMEandPPL could advise as an AME what conditions are accpeptable and what medical conditions should be avoided not only to safeguard the sick person but the aircraft itself.
I have never seen any guidelines from the CAA. I am in this instance talking about good will PPL pleasure flights rather than longdistance Medivac style movements.
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