Here's a sad fact about physical exercise in the RAF. This year at HQ Air Command we have lost a 4* Air Chief Marshal and in the past week a Senior Aircraftsman that died whilst doing phys - how's that for a tragic Rank range? I think the mirror loving muscle mechanics have a lot to answer for - they're kiling more of our people than Terry Taliban!
(alright the last comment was a bit tongue in cheek but there is a strong message in there).
This must be a trigger to revisit the PTI madness and go back to a more realistic system. Surely the annual visit to the SMO declares your fitness? After all the CAA don't make me run around for 10 minutes, they get a medical professional to assess and declare my fitness to fly (as they do for all fixed wing and rotary aircraft).
LJ