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Old 12th May 2015, 13:28
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Kapitanleutnant
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IMO…

These GCAA medicals are becoming more and more like the infamous Chinese Astronaut physicals.

Heaven help you if you tell the doc you have a sore index finger. Next thing you know, you'll be going to referral after referral for: ECG, blood work, brain scan, and the ever beloved sleep study. While a very few docs are good, a significant number are afraid of submitting to the GCAA for fear of it coming back requiring more info. To mitigate this, they simply over-do what is common sense and rational.

And if you get a particular doctor whom we affectionally call the Gnome… just call in sick!!