Medically related NPPL statistics are I understand better than Class 2 ones
I'd be interested to see where that comes from. I can see the argument that a class-2 medical may not increase safety enough to be proportionate, but I don't immediately see how there can be a causal link between having more medical scrutiny and having more accidents.
There could be an association - e.g. ppls may be likely to be older than nppls and will therefore have more cardiac events whilst flying.
He is a doctor in the sense that the title is (correctly) used by the overwhelming majority of the UK population.
(I realise that some people with academic doctorates like to be called 'Doctor' - instead of using the relevant post nominal letters - even when outside academic institutions.
I'm interested to hear that - I had thought that 'doctor' for a medical doctor was an honorary title, but a PhD was a 'proper doctor'. I know it's an offence to try to fraudulently pass oneself off as a medic... But that's a separate issue.
But going back on topic, amongst other things, you would want any doctor treating you to be competent, which implies not only knowledge but also common sense and a degree of attention to detail. I think it's quite an interesting question, to what extent these attributes carry over from one area of life to another. Not talking about this case in particular, I think there's a case to be made that the GMC (or equivalent) should be involved whenever a doctor calls their integrity or judgement into doubt.
Which isn't to say that the current setup for medical training, assessment and licensing isn't bureaucratic and frequently downright inhumane.