CAA/JAA Aviation Medical & related issues

[Canada Goose]

Gatwick Medical Tel.#

Could someone please tell me the telephone number of the medical office in Gatwick where we have to do our initial Class 1 medical ?

Thanks.
CG.

[Dean Johnston]

Tel No for Gatwick 01293 573700

Then wait about 3 days to get thru.

D.J.

[Canada Goose]

Cheers

Cheers Dean.

Yep. Something tells me this is going to be all highly frustrating.

CG.

[CraigL]

ATC - JAA Class 1 Medical.

Hi again, guys,

Today I'm posting on behalf of a friend of mine who has aspirations for a career as an ATCO.

The situation is that she has Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and also asthma. She may grow out of the epilepsy in the two years she has left on her degree course.

It is apparant from researching the situation that a JAA Class 1 Medical certificate is required for the sponsorship scheme that NATS offer. Is this across the board?

How strict is the medical? Would having epilepsy automatically rule out a career as an ATCO? If she grew out of the epilepsy would she still be ruled out?

Thanks for your help, folks.

-Craig.

[Hawk]

Hi craig
It might be worth while doing a search in medical and health forum, the topic may have come up before.

cheers
hawk

[WX Man]

I think it's possible to have mild epilepsy and pass the medical. The test (not sure if it's the same for pilot) is to sit you under a strobe with a load of wires sticking out of a cap attached to your head and the [inevidably attractive] nurse asks you to close your eyes. You lie there for 15 mins or so with the strobe flashing at various freqs, whilst the machine measures your brain activity.

The widely used (in ATC) Barco screens operate at about 70Hz, and the freq that can trigger epilepsy is about 7-10Hz.

[BlueGreen]

Class one medical question

Hi All,

Quick question please:

When you go for your class one medical, how long is it until you know if you have passed or not? Do they tell you on the day?

Thanks,

BG

[spils]

I was told straight away and that my certificate would arrive within a few days. I think it was on the door mat within a week.
They do say that if there is a problem you will know straight away and probably have to go for further testing though.

[FlyingForFun]

I seem to recall being told that I hadn't failed - but they can't tell you that you've passed because there are blood tests that they don't have the results for yet? It was certainly implied on the day that it was very unlikely that I wouldn't have passed.

FFF
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[BlueGreen]

Great, thanks splis!

[CraigL]

Thanks

Thanks a lot guys, my friend passes on her thanks.

-Craig.

[FLYEPPS]

JAA Class I Medical

Need to find a medical examiner in the US who can do the JAA Class 1 medical. Has any foreign pilots training here in the US gone to anyone who has does this?
Currently hold a FAA Class 1 med and will be starting my fATPL written in December. Want to make sure that I can pass it before starting my studies.
Thanks
Pat

[minus273]

Hey there,

Well I may be wrong (I am sure that I will be corrected if I am) but I believe that the initial Class1 for JAA issue has to be done at Gatwick HQ. I think mine cost about 240GBP when I had it done.

The other thing to think about is that you will not need one till you start the flying, so if you are doing only the the exams at the moment you may as well wait till you start flying till bothering to get the medical.

Hope this helps sure more will be added by others more in the know than myself.

-273

[low'n'fast]

My initial JAA Class I medical at Gatwick this month is costing me £411.

[minus273]

I believe that as I am already an ICAO ATPL holder and hold an ICAO Class1 Medical, I get exemptions on the medical and so it was less money.

I think that was the reason.

-273

[QNH 1013]

Correct. If you have an ICAO commercial licence and current ICAO class 1 medical, i believe you will still have to go to Gatwick for your first UK (JAR) class 1 medical but it will be what they call an "extended renewal". This does cost considerably less than their initial class one (£411) because there is no EEG, and possibly a few other tests. However, the cost is still high by FAA standards. I had my initial class 1 at Gatwick in September (£411) and a chap with an ICAO class 1 medical certificate was having his "extended renewal" at the same time. I think he paid between £200 and £300, but I can't remember the exact figure.
Thereafter, in the UK the JAR class one renewals can be done by any Aviation Medical Examiner and they are dotted around the country. Typical class 1 renewal costs are £100 to £150 I believe.

[floppyjock]

I took my FAA Class 1 with me when I had my Class 1 medical at Gatwick in September and got a £165 refund.

Floppy

[autosync]

Mark S Reubin In Ormand Beach Florida is a JAA approved docter.

[BillieBob]

But, as has been explained above, he cannot do a JAA Class 1 initial. That can be done only at Gatwick and only for an obscene amount of money.

[too_sleepy]

Medical Advice

Hi

Recently passed my PPL skills test and am about to send my documents to the CAA for my PPL license.
I need to send my medical cert, so I can just do a Class 2 medical here in Ireland. But next month I begin an ATPL distance course for which I need a Class 1 medical to begin.
Does anyone know if the Irish Class 1 medical will be sufficient?

Thanks