Oh Lardy!

[davidpowell]

Got to go do the Class 1 medical. However, over a decade of rich living in IT, sat behind a desk all day has left my 6 pack looking like it's lost the plastic thing that holds them together. Seriously though, can you fail on weight/body mass index? I'm a little over 6 foot, and now weigh 15.5 stone. I have given up the pizza's and beer, and started exercising regularly, and lost half a stone in the last 3 weeks. Don't know how long it takes from booking the medical to actually getting it done, but wonder if I should leave it another month or so.... <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

[Capt Wannabe]

No you can't ...... yet. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

[stephenb]

Booking takes about 6 weeks I think but you can always ring Gatwick to verify the waiting time and take it from there.

[F3]

As long as your blood pressure is within limits you will be fine. You will probably get a short lecture on BMI though. I did, I'm 6' and 16 stone <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> and I like pizza and beer as well.

[The Boy Lard]

Davep,

I too had a "problem" with my BMI and the Docs at Gatport Airwick basically said I had until my renewal to lose two points (Mine was mid thirties).

The way to calculate your BMI is:

KG. .-----. .Hieght in Metres (squared)

Any thing over 30 for a male is obese (29 for the women)

Hope this helps.

TBL

[captainkilner]

Davep,. . Just been for my class 1 , BMI is not a factor in them isuing a class 1 yet as already has been said.

With regards to the waiting time for getting an appointment i rang up on Friday last week and got an 0830 appointment for the following Monday , because apparently the afternoon time is more popular so there is a waiting period for them.So if you don't mind getting up early and want to miss the waiting then book an am slot.

hope this helps.

[JJflyer]

I am not fat. My CG has just shifted to mid-body to form a floatation device