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Related to BM's frustration; Sandy latest news to AVMAD madness!!   

Every once in a while.....

Master Morgan of the AOPA on occasion provides a video on the face-book platform which is well worth the time to watch and listen. The subject is pilot medicals and it is fairly well articulated; however, the really important message runs a little deeper. The message delivers an accurate overview of the way in which not only CASA standard operational practice works, it drags in the incredible waste of time and money spent working against industry efforts to have a sensible, practical, working system of administration and regulation fit for purpose.

_ HERE _ is the link; take the time to watch and 'hear' the underlying message.

Well done Master Morgan; nicely played..

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Sandy Reith

CASA’s medical certification system, AVMED (or AVMAD) is designed purely to keep them in work.
Myself, latest news, after my DAME who has at least 40 years experience clears me no problem for C 2 after checking all blood tests etc.  etc.  I get only 2 months because AVMED says they need to review, part of their make work system.

Call them end of 2 months, their medicos haven’t had time to look so get another 2 months interim certificate. Now they want my GP to report on the bloods. It never stops and every year I get grief. Wonder if it’s because I’m too complimentary towards CASA?

Four months and two interim certificates plus having to do annual cardio tests that the cardiologist has written to AVMED he would not recommend any such tests.

But quite apart from our individual cases, overall costs must be $millions and wasting our time and precious medical resources for zero aviation safety outcomes.

Reforms have been mooted and we did have one much vaunted new type of certificate for Private Pilots following the USA and UK reforms around six years ago. Unfortunately the new Aussie Basic Class 2 was so restrictive it’s known as the Clayton’s medical reform. The latest from CASA, after yet another ‘consultation’ which gained 600 submissions calling for reforms that are urgently needed, is to tell us that they expect to formulate some reform ideas for …..wait for it…. Yet another consultation before July next year.  Isn’t it brilliant?

Reform from CASA is like watching a snail decide which gear to select, and often enough it selects reverse.

Illustrations from USA authorities.

MTF...P2