The let down hasn't sunk in yet. I feel very angry about the situation and my grounds of appeal are being reduced. The problem lies with the way the JAA rules are worded. There is a clause highlighting seizures and a section that says a single event with a 'non-recurrent' cause 'may' be allowed. This is me - the cause was bottomed out and found to be non-recurrent. The problem lies with the word 'may'. Any place this word occurs I will bet my bottom dollar the CAA translation will be 'wont'.
After the incident I was seen by a professor of neurology at one of the most respected hospitals dealing with this field in the country. I subsequently passed all the tests he instructed me to undergo. Although he instructed me not to drive for one year, he was happy to discharge me without prescribing anti-convulsant drugs and all the other unfortunate restricions that would go with being a 'diagnosed epileptic'. Of course, aviation neurology is different...
The DVLA will remove a HGV license for ten years in the event of an epileptic seizure. Although I can't find any section where the same is written in the JAA/CAA rules, the CAA seem to have decided to adopt this clause as well.
As the case isn't black and white I think an appeal will be very difficult. When it comes down to conjecture the CAA are going to win - of this I have no doubt.
(Edited to add comment to Ef Oh - thanks a lot for the reply mate, it means a lot. Happy flying)
[This message has been edited by E-Fizz (edited 27 April 2001).]