Ouch
Joined: Oct 1999
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: Den Haag
In the UK it would be with the limitation of "as or with co-pilot".
I assume it would also be case specific too.
I believe one of our (now retired) pilots was the first to achieve this in the UK rotary world. There were also some operational constraints attached too.
I assume it would also be case specific too.
I believe one of our (now retired) pilots was the first to achieve this in the UK rotary world. There were also some operational constraints attached too.
Suave yet Shallow
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: half way between the gutter and the stars.
What about the EMS flights in the uk?
Could you fly with one kidney inside you...and another in a box in the back? Wouldn't this count as flying with 2 kidneys
Could you fly with one kidney inside you...and another in a box in the back? Wouldn't this count as flying with 2 kidneys
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Queensland Australia
Curiosity has the better of me.
Why on earth would having only one kidney make any difference to holding a CPL or ATPL. Single kidney'd people live totally normal lives. I mean single healthy kidney.
I regularly treat single kidney'd people in my joband look at their test results and you can't tell from anything except the scar (if it was removed) that they only have 1 kidney. You can not tell at all if they were born with only one kidney. You have to do scans of various sorts.
Even whole 2 kidney'd people can have one of them not work well and you may never know.
Having only one kidney doesn't have any increased risk of kidney failure overall or at least not failing suddenly so as to affect a flight. If you get renal failure (just as 2 kidney'd people do) the effects are relatively slow onset.
In case your wondering about the soap-box sounding statement - No, I'm not a single kidney man but I'm missing something about the UK rules.
Any enlightenment?
Why on earth would having only one kidney make any difference to holding a CPL or ATPL. Single kidney'd people live totally normal lives. I mean single healthy kidney.
I regularly treat single kidney'd people in my joband look at their test results and you can't tell from anything except the scar (if it was removed) that they only have 1 kidney. You can not tell at all if they were born with only one kidney. You have to do scans of various sorts.
Even whole 2 kidney'd people can have one of them not work well and you may never know.
Having only one kidney doesn't have any increased risk of kidney failure overall or at least not failing suddenly so as to affect a flight. If you get renal failure (just as 2 kidney'd people do) the effects are relatively slow onset.
In case your wondering about the soap-box sounding statement - No, I'm not a single kidney man but I'm missing something about the UK rules.
Any enlightenment?
