@gravy

I take it that question is directed towards me?

"but seriously whats the hassle about handicaps, man?"


You people are misunderstanding. As i said in my earlier post, i have no problem with people who are handicapped as long as they can demonstrate to the examiner that they can fly the plane.

Also forgot to mention I did an instructor rating for a guy who's arm had been blown off (Army demolition or somesuch). He flew just fine, and a nice technique to boot.....

Rather than broadly exclude everyone with disabilities, people should be assessed individually on merit IMHO.:cool:

Just a question there Jarse; did he have a prosthetic arm that he could make move with shoulder action or something?
Bloody good effort; I guess it would depend on how much of his real arm was left as to how much movement he had.
Anyway, good on him. I'd like to think I would be as gutsy in the circumstances.

I never got a good look at his arm, but he did have a prosthesis which had a "claw" like pair of tongs (for want of better words) which allowed him to manipulate all the controls. We did all the work in Cessnas.

Just one example example of his dexterity is that he was able to wind the mixture control for fine adjustment as well as pull it out to shut down the engine, in the same timeframe and with the same proficiency as an "able bodied" person.

He demonstrated excellent control over the aeroplane and I could see no reason why such a situation should exclude him from holding a licence, as he was in no way less proficient than any other trainee.