The Head of CASA AVMED Resigned Too Soon...
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If they are really worried about safety from a physiological perspective, why don't they spend some time & money fixing flight & duty time limitations, which lead to fatiguing rosters? ("but it is legal" says crewing on the other end of the phone).
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"If you have some idle time, compare the FAA DAME handbook with the CASA one.
One is easy to read & logical, one is not. "
much like Part 61 IMO.
One is easy to read & logical, one is not. "
much like Part 61 IMO.
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but now there are alleged anecdotal reports of airline pilots going on the same before a medical to mask blood pressure issues
Nothing new there. Go back quite a few decades and a well-known, and rather overweight, airline captain used to do the same thing .. hypertension or diabetes ... can't recall just which.
He tripped up when he went along to his DAME for whatever ailment ... said DAME noted that he was nearly due for his annual so suggested that they do it there and then to save time.
Career-ending move.
Nothing new there. Go back quite a few decades and a well-known, and rather overweight, airline captain used to do the same thing .. hypertension or diabetes ... can't recall just which.
He tripped up when he went along to his DAME for whatever ailment ... said DAME noted that he was nearly due for his annual so suggested that they do it there and then to save time.
Career-ending move.
Gerry111,
You can rest easy, in all my years of airline flying, my blood pressure was (and still is) well on the low side of the normal range, without any help, it hasn't changed in 55+ years, and that other perennial, various cholesterol, have always been, happily, off the bottom of the scale.
But, Hey!!, thanks for your concern.
Tootle pip!!
You can rest easy, in all my years of airline flying, my blood pressure was (and still is) well on the low side of the normal range, without any help, it hasn't changed in 55+ years, and that other perennial, various cholesterol, have always been, happily, off the bottom of the scale.
But, Hey!!, thanks for your concern.
Tootle pip!!
