Quick question: Restricted Class 1 medical

[mrg92]

If someone could answer this i would be grateful. I have a restriced class 1 medical, which entitles me to become a flying instructor and carry out aerial work. Can you obtain a commercial licence with a restricted class 1?

[212man]

You don't say what the restriction is or how it's described as, in essence, there is no such thing as a 'restricted class 1.' There may be limitations listed, however, such as requiring the wearing of spectacles or only operating "as or with co-pilot."

To answer your question though, a Class 1 medical is by definition a medical certificate issued for the puposes of obtaining a commercial licence, so if you actually hold a Class 1 - yes!

[the beater]

As far as I am aware, a class 1 restricted medical can not be used for CAT work. It replaced the class 2 medical which was used to allow instruction to be carried out by those that couldn't meet class 1 standards. There used to be 3 classes of medical.
JAR FCL3 refers.
I'm not sure about obtaining a commercial licence, but in any case, there would be a NPT (no public transport) limitation, so probably not much use for you.

[212man]

JAR FCL3 refers.

Refers to what? I don't see any reference to a 'restricted class 1' within it, or any reference to it on both the UK CAA and Irish (mrg says he's from Ireland) websites. I'm not saying you are wrong - I'm just curious to learn more if I'm wrong.

[the beater]

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1859/20090218UKCertificationGuidanceV6-1.pdf

It's in the section titled 'UK Specific Limitations'.
The three classes of medical were, as far as I can remember;

One - for public transport,
Two - for aerial work,
And Three - for PPL

When these were changed to the two classes that we have now, some pilots flying on an original Class Two didn't meet the standards of the New Class One required and so were issued with a Class One with the limitation as described in the above document, commonly referred to as a 'Restricted Class One'.

[212man]

Interesting, but I suspect the problem in this case will be that the alleviation only applies to National Licences, and they are no longer issued to those who have not already held one. So, an initial CPL will be a JAR licence and so will require a JAR medical. That's how I see it, anyway.