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Old 18th Sep 2015, 20:21
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In any endeavor to obtain an EASA medical, consider your BMI.

EASA and particularly the UK CAA, seem obsessed with the ludicrous BMI formulae devised by a Belgian part-time statistician in the 1800's.

The formulae has never been adjusted for physiological progression and modern lifestyles. BMI was used extensively during WW2 to determine food rationing. It is used by insurance companies to 'tip the scales' in their favor when determining health insurance premiums.

Using the BMI formulae Usain Bolt is obese and members of the England rugby team excessively obese.

If your BMI is over 35, EASA requires you to undergo additional medical testing and a special flight test conducted by a TRE, to determine your ability to reach and operate the controls and systems - for each of the aircraft you are rated on.

Another nonsense from Europe, obediently obeyed by the subservient UK, but dismissed for the utter nonsense it is by most other member state AME's.
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