A Cautionary Tale ?
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A Cautionary Tale ?
I stumbled across this on the wonderful internet.
To say it sent a shiver down my spine would be an understatement.
I didn't realise that such fines were possible.
www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/Beare-_Winter.pdf
Apologies if it's been done to death before.
To say it sent a shiver down my spine would be an understatement.
I didn't realise that such fines were possible.
www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/Beare-_Winter.pdf
Apologies if it's been done to death before.
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Can you unintentionally fly at 300ft over a built up area and enter class D airspace without clearance 5 times in the course of 1 flight!
Anyone have the real story behind this?
Anyone have the real story behind this?
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A GP esacped a warning after he flew a plane too low over a built-up residential area without a valid pilot
..Most people would have used a ladder!
..Most people would have used a ladder!
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I bet that if "Flying Lawyer" hadn't been made a Judge he would have got him off most of those charges. He may have found the one about not holding a valid licence a bit difficult though!
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I bet that if "Flying Lawyer" hadn't been made a Judge he would have got him off most of those charges.
Last edited by foxmoth; 13th Dec 2011 at 11:18.
He really was having a bad day wasn't he.
I struggle to see how he did all of that accidentally, and handing his licence back seems a little OTT: I suspect however that there may have been pressures and communication about that which aren't evident.
For flying that badly, a fine of around 4 flying hours cost doesn't seem desperately unreasonable.
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I struggle to see how he did all of that accidentally, and handing his licence back seems a little OTT: I suspect however that there may have been pressures and communication about that which aren't evident.
For flying that badly, a fine of around 4 flying hours cost doesn't seem desperately unreasonable.
G
I suspect that plumbers and roadsweepers are okay.
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Do architects, civil engineers, I T workers, plumbers, roadsweepers get reported to their disciplinary/regulatory body if they bust airspace?
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QDM - yes we do, see above.
Realistically, both our professions are heavily built upon trust, and in this case the physician in question (no doctoral degree that I could see
) was not punished in any way, but he did have to report the offences.
G
Realistically, both our professions are heavily built upon trust, and in this case the physician in question (no doctoral degree that I could see
) was not punished in any way, but he did have to report the offences.G
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Genghis, my point is that this should have been dealt with at the screening process and shouldn't have resulted in a hearing. Common sense has been lost totally when it comes to medical regulation. The latest GMC proposals to regulate doctors' private lives are frightening, as far as I am concerned, and go way over the top.
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The more I think about this bizarre situation, the more I am convinced that there is a story behind this story given the drastic action of the pilot/owner/operator to ground himself.
It's useless to speculate about the cause(s) but this act deserves respect.
It's useless to speculate about the cause(s) but this act deserves respect.
Genghis, my point is that this should have been dealt with at the screening process and shouldn't have resulted in a hearing. Common sense has been lost totally when it comes to medical regulation. The latest GMC proposals to regulate doctors' private lives are frightening, as far as I am concerned, and go way over the top.
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QDMQDMQDM Wrote
Hear hear 
Another quack.
Genghis, my point is that this should have been dealt with at the screening process and shouldn't have resulted in a hearing. Common sense has been lost totally when it comes to medical regulation. The latest GMC proposals to regulate doctors' private lives are frightening, as far as I am concerned, and go way over the top.
Another quack.
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But this chap wasn't convicted of anything: He was hauled over the coals in the same very public way as if he'd been sh*gging his patients.
And then merely got a wrist slap. What a waste of a tribunal.
QDMcubed is right - regulation if doctors' private lives is going in a very worrying direction.
As a chartered engineer, I'm required to report to my institutions (in my case the RAeS and the IMechE) if I've been convicted of any criminal offence. Whilst I'm aeronautical and mechanical engineer, the same would apply to a chartered civil engineer or a chartered computer engineer.
And then merely got a wrist slap. What a waste of a tribunal.
QDMcubed is right - regulation if doctors' private lives is going in a very worrying direction.
but the GMC didn't need to go to a hearing
On 31 March the GMC wrote to you in accordance with rule 7...and advised that the Case Examiners may be minded to issue you with a warning. On 6 April 2011 you indicated you were not prepared to accept the proposed warning and wished to exercise your rights....to a hearing before the Investigation Committee
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Originally Posted by GtE
For flying that badly, a fine of around 4 flying hours cost doesn't seem desperately unreasonable.
(Fines = £1800+£1200+£2000)
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An unfortunate demonstration of poor airmanship, poor navigation and poor administration; but I don't understand why he's completely giving up aviation. The fact that his licence has lapsed gives him an opportunity to get some instruction to prevent him from repeating the mistakes. Something must have happened on that flight to have really shaken him up, badly. 