Jex
26th Jun 2012, 12:39
G’day All,
I am an aviation enthusiast, but I am also a type 1 diabetic. I currently hold an RAAus licence with no restrictions, and a CASA Class 2 medical with the condition that I must fly with a safety pilot, and I seem to average about 40 hours of flying per year (although I wish it was more!)
I am posting this in a couple of forums, hoping to get in touch with as many fellow pilots as possible that are also insulin dependent diabetics. My goal is to set up an informal network or group of some description so that we can share experiences and information about flying with diabetes.
This seems a pertinent time to do so, given CASA’s recent changes to the Class 2 requirements for diabetics, and also their introduction of a new class of medical based on the Austroads unconditional motor vehicle driving licence standard (see this thread (http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-aviation-questions/488932-rpl-becomes-reality.html)).
If you are an insulin dependent diabetic with any interest in aviation I’d love to hear from you. If you are at all interested in sharing your experiences, or just keeping up to date, please send me an email to jex207 at gmail dot com ([email protected]) (or even a private message via pprune).
Cheers
Jex
I am an aviation enthusiast, but I am also a type 1 diabetic. I currently hold an RAAus licence with no restrictions, and a CASA Class 2 medical with the condition that I must fly with a safety pilot, and I seem to average about 40 hours of flying per year (although I wish it was more!)
I am posting this in a couple of forums, hoping to get in touch with as many fellow pilots as possible that are also insulin dependent diabetics. My goal is to set up an informal network or group of some description so that we can share experiences and information about flying with diabetes.
This seems a pertinent time to do so, given CASA’s recent changes to the Class 2 requirements for diabetics, and also their introduction of a new class of medical based on the Austroads unconditional motor vehicle driving licence standard (see this thread (http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-aviation-questions/488932-rpl-becomes-reality.html)).
If you are an insulin dependent diabetic with any interest in aviation I’d love to hear from you. If you are at all interested in sharing your experiences, or just keeping up to date, please send me an email to jex207 at gmail dot com ([email protected]) (or even a private message via pprune).
Cheers
Jex