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Does anyone understand what's going on with medicals. Just been sent a clipping from the LAA magazine.
Sure it says pilots with Easa PPL can self certify.
Wasn't this a mistake the first time round.
Or is this a new policy.
The whole of licensing and medicals is a complete mess.
I just follow this:
https://www.caa.co.uk/General-Aviati...rivate-pilots/
Sure it says pilots with Easa PPL can self certify.
Wasn't this a mistake the first time round.
Or is this a new policy.
The whole of licensing and medicals is a complete mess.
I just follow this:
https://www.caa.co.uk/General-Aviati...rivate-pilots/
Last edited by BigEndBob; 3rd Mar 2019 at 17:22.
I think thge major issue is that the LAPL medical is not acheivable by many NPPL holders. It seems that if you don't qualify for a Class II you cannot get a LAPL medical either, so the CAA has removed the old Declaration for the NPPL and broadened it to allow lots of people to continue flying who would be stuffed by the current EASA legislation. For once they have done something useful.
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Not true, LAPL Medical has substantial alleviations from the Class 2 requirements.
However if you are only flying in the UK and don't instruct or fly in IMC then the PMD is the way to go.
However if you are only flying in the UK and don't instruct or fly in IMC then the PMD is the way to go.
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I had to do a medical flight test on a commercial drone pilot. He was to go droning in Spain but the Spanish required he had a class 2 medical.
He went to an AME and almost got the Class 2 but for the fact he had had an accident some years ago and had a limp. The AME sent him along to ensure he could control an aircraft especially the rudders on the ground and in the air. For good measure we did an emergency evacuation as well.
There were no issues but you wonder where common sense has gone.
He went to an AME and almost got the Class 2 but for the fact he had had an accident some years ago and had a limp. The AME sent him along to ensure he could control an aircraft especially the rudders on the ground and in the air. For good measure we did an emergency evacuation as well.
There were no issues but you wonder where common sense has gone.