Valid as or with a qualified copilot

[Sudan19]

I passed my class 1 medical about three years ago. and for the last two years the CAA are saying i have a problem with my blood (low white blood sells) despite my doctor explaining to them that its something i was born with and its not causing me any problems and not something that would stop me from flying. they put a restriction on my license.
it says VALID ONLY AS OR WITH A QUALIFIED COPILOT. which means i can't do single pilot OPS.
a friend of mine broke his leg a year ago and they put the same restriction on his license and then took it off after he got better.
would this cause me any problems when i go for my first job interview or is their a way i could get rid of this???? because there is no medication for my problem.
any reply would be appreciated.

[cavortingcheetah]

On the assumptions that you will never get rid of the restriction and that thus single crew commercial operations are forbidden....

Did the CAA put the restriction on your medical certificate, the licence itself or on both.
If the endorsement is on your licence, it will probably be noticed at interview time.
If it's only on your medical certificate it almost certainly won't be.
If the endorsement is on your licence, you could go back to the medical section and ask them to have it removed from the book itself. You might then have to pay a fee for a new page without the offending remark. The CAA medical section have always seemed to be pretty good about this. You would need to talk with one of the CAA doctors at LGW, perhaps at the next review?
Plenty of people have two crew only endorsements on their medicals. Kidney stones for example may lead to such a state of affairs.
If you are interviewing for a two crew operational job, there shouldn't be a problem and indeed, since you hold the requisite Class 1 certificate, it might be said that your personal medical problems are no one else's business.
If the endorsement is only on your medical certificate, it is obviously up to you as to whether or not you divulge this information. I suppose that if a company were to hire you without your informing them of this restriction, they could subsequently fire you on the grounds of non disclosure? But I rather fancy that an airline would have found other, less contentious means of getting rid of you if they wanted to.
You might think it an idea, at your next review, to ask the CAA doctor whether he thinks you should disclose such information at an interview. I suspect that he will tell you that the matter is one of personal confidentiality.

You might also ask the CAA for what I think is called the protocol schedule. It's a paper in which they outline exactly what you cannot, or can do with that restriction. For example, in instruction, if you have that restriction, you may indeed give instruction, and to a pupil who has completed his first solo. What you cannot do in this theatre of operation, is to take up a student who could not land the aircraft if you were suddenly incapacitated. So advanced twin training is in the loop, initial twin training would not be.

Hope that the above spiel is of some use and good luck.

[Sudan19]

Thanks Cav.

the restriction is on the medical certificate not the license it self.
one of the CAA doctors said that it shouldn't be a problem because all airline operations are multi crew ops. however he said if for example something happens to the other crew member in flight i would not be qualified to fly that aeroplane on my own. so i am a bit lost here but when i go there next time i'll speak to one ofthe doctors and see what could be done about it. i hope it wouldn't be a problem.
once again thanks for the info. much appreciated.

[cavortingcheetah]

Don't think you need to worry and I personally wouldn't open a Pandora's box by asking too many 'what if' questions.
So long as both crew are legal when the flight departs, what happens down the line falls into acts of God, Allah or unintended consequences. Even if the other chap has died on you, you're still flying 'as or with a qualified co-pilot'. You're not going to sit there with a dead Captain and refuse to get the aircraft back on the ground because of a possible and very tenuous technicality are you?
In the never so humble opinion, I'd not worry about it at all and just proceed on track or as directed by common sense.
Toodle Pip!
Best of luck.