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Old 10th June 2006 | 19:00
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Angel MEDICAL

Hello there!

Can anybody provide me with some more detailed information about what to expect on the medical?

Are there any common problems which would fail a person?

Thank you.

K
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Old 10th June 2006 | 19:46
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Off the top of my head.....

Drunkeness....
Being high on drugs....
Being six foot eleven......

Don't worry about it! If you're going to fail (and you'd have to be pretty unhealthy to do so!), not much you can do about it now!

It's the usual stuff, eyesight, lung capacity, hearing, colour blindness, ECG, blood pressure...
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Old 10th June 2006 | 22:05
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Oh well I should be ok then!

Cheers.

I heard they make you stand on one leg with your eyes closed and give you a push - or is somebody winding me up?

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Old 11th June 2006 | 03:52
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Winding you up on that one!
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Old 11th June 2006 | 11:00
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During a medical check before returning to work after an accident I was simply asked if I had two of everything i should have two of and one of those I should have one of.

Don't worry Kirsty, if your reasonably healthy it should not be a problem. They're not expecting Superwoman and worrying wll only raise your blood pressure.
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Old 11th June 2006 | 11:27
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Thanks guys!

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Old 13th June 2006 | 09:40
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Originally Posted by Lon More
During a medical check before returning to work after an accident I was simply asked if I had two of everything i should have two of and one of those I should have one of.....

But avoid mention of the two fluffy ones..it will confused the quacks who can't tell cats from dogs
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Old 13th June 2006 | 16:55
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Let's face it, you can be about 17 stone overweight (like a girl on my course) and still get a Cat 1 medical. I really don't think there's much to worry about.
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Old 14th June 2006 | 09:15
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So if you are only 10 stone, but smoke 80 a day and drink gallons of meths. Would that mean you are more healthy? She may be big boned!

You sure the rubber gloves aren't normal????!!!!!
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Old 14th June 2006 | 16:51
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Well that's me. I've been thoroughly examined. No rubber gloves or uncomfortably placed thermometers and certainly no probes.

What's this society coming to eh?
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Old 14th June 2006 | 21:20
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I feel violated!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 15th June 2006 | 09:23
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What no "Undercarriage Check"?

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Old 15th June 2006 | 21:02
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Well I'm not sure that I have an "undercarriage" as such to check! Maybe that would explain it....

Barnaby I heard you find excuses to go for a medical once a week don't protest now!
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Old 18th June 2006 | 21:39
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Did you go to Alan Downie?
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Old 19th June 2006 | 12:31
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Do Gatwick still have the big fluffy white bathrobes? I always meant to nick one of them...
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Old 19th June 2006 | 18:39
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Well the ones at LHR were a little rigid and had lost any fluffiness they maybe once had....
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Old 19th June 2006 | 20:17
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A rigid bathrobe??? The mind positively boggles. Another thread heading for Jet Blast methinks.
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Old 19th June 2006 | 22:35
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Have to agree with Kirsty, the robes I've had at Heathrow, well, the laundry didn't use Comfort, that's for sure.....
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Old 20th June 2006 | 12:06
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Berni - come back. Someone has broke me toys...
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Old 20th June 2006 | 17:59
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Barnaby I heard you find excuses to go for a medical once a week don't protest now!





I have requested all toilet walls have been scrubbed with such slander!
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