Hi guys, lost my medical a few months back due LOC as a pax on commercial flight. Had a bad cold, dehydrated etc. Was taken off to A&E and problem found, 3 days later pacemaker inserted. Fit, healthy, early 20's, class 1 medical, ECG's perfect etc. Not a hint of a problem.
Massive shock to the system to even though just starting out in GA, have spent probs over 100k on training let alone everything else.
CASA avmed not too bad, only took about 3 weeks to regain class one medical. With appropriate treatment anything possible. Not a fun situation though thats for sure.
Wouldn't be so quick to make judgement of whether an individual should retain medical or not. Let the guys who know what they're on about make decisions. I now have a redundancy system in place! Probably safer than some 50+ yr old airline pilot just waiting for something to go wrong...
Hope the guy is sorted and back in the air soon.