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Old 2nd Oct 2002, 14:58
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Had the Class 1 initial before JAR - £400 or thereabouts as far as I can recall. Was at Heathrow....got some real old RAF type geezer. First test - get in chair in extraordinarily long room with eye chart at far end, doctor wails a book at me. Barely catch it. 'Hmm, not bad,' he harrumphs. Seems the tests had begun!
Was recalled, this time to gatwick, for another eye test - squeak in (mild astygmatism! **** off) but lady doc nice enough to give me card then and there as I was late back for EJ flite from Luton (train journey! cheapest option). Let it lapse, as u do when you're wondering whether ATPLS are worth the money, now looking for time for a JAR upgrade (seemingly around £150 for medical and upgrade). Also I had to get chest x-ray for initial class 1 as Heathrow didn't have the equipment. £40 at local hospital, with lots of 'What's this for? Who are the CAA?' questions. Glad I can do local medicals now the nightmare of the initial's over!
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Old 2nd Oct 2002, 15:13
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Are you not supposed to fly after doing Mushrooms then??? oops.

I can strongly recommend "The Philospher's Stone" variety. You won't need a plane to fly high after some of those.

Viva Amsterdam!
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Old 2nd Oct 2002, 22:36
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Hey Beagle old chap,

Remember the word J-O-K-E, it is associated with S-E-N-S-E O-F H-U-M-O-U-R...(said in a Dr Evil kind of way)...Everybody knows you can walk into a coffee shop in Amsterdam and buy a joint. I have no problem with other people doing it, live and let live..... but due to my work, where we have random drug testing, I can't do it anyhow......

(Kirsty, I always find I tend to float a bit too much on landings after the old Mushroom tea )

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Old 3rd Oct 2002, 09:36
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Absolutly Englishal - The airspeed indicator growing a face and winking at you is a bit of a sod as well!!

Joking aside - smoking dope in a cockpit is really dangerous. The smoke ruins the view!
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