Interesting, 90 hours just for a PPL which any halfway non-stupid person can do in just 40 hours including the test ride. Tell that person to take up another hobby. And hundreds of hours of dual for a commercial pilot? Less than 100 from not knowing anything about aviation until sitting int he flight deck of an airliner is more like it. Of course only possible with very rigid entry level testing and training.
Anyway, it is quite bizzare to let stuff crop up during training instead of a few simple tests before spending all that money. Same as radgirl i have met many AMEs or in fact whole AMCs where everything is done to keep pilots flying, and yes the new EASA rules didn't make that easier especially in european countries that had several AMCs beside the authority (which doesn't have to be an AMC but has the last word). Therefore i do like the new NPR, but i would never dream of telling medical specialists not to comment. I would think that quite a lof of the considerable relaxation in medical rules within the last 10 years have been based on comments of those specialists.
Last edited by Denti; 28th Jul 2013 at 15:35.