Questions and answers
The big question is whether aviation specific medicals are needed at all. In the US and UK they are moving to a car driver standard for virtually all PPLs. Here in Australia we've had a GP exam for the low weight category for more than 20 years, no problem. Why is this? Very simply because there is no safety case whatever. Surveys show this. Every year 4 or 5 airline pilots in the US suffer an incapacitating event indicating that medical science cannot predict such occurrences, hence a major reason for two pilots. It could be argued that car drivers pose a greater risk but I don't see anyone coming away from a problem CASA inspired medical worrying about driving home. I think the truth is we've all put up with the nonsense because we are special and must have above normal treatment, besides when younger it's not much problem to stay whithin AVMED requirements. There's a petition on Change.Org you might like to support:-
https://www.change.org/p/the-parliament-of-australia-save-australia-s-general-aviation-from-bureaucratic-disaster?recruiter=119349475&utm_source=petitions_show_compo nents_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink