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CASA AVMAD madness reaches new levels?? - 

Via AOPA Oz on FB:

WHY CASA PART 67 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION REFORM MATTERS, IT'S TIME TO END THE DISCRIMINATION

I am encouraging everyone across Australia to read this ABC article on young Hayden McDonald and his journey, as it showcases how broken and how utterly discriminatory and corrupt the Civil Aviation Safety Authority AvMed system has been and continues to be for pilots nationwide.

Unable to obtain a CASA Class 2 medical certificate and told he was a risk to aviation safety because of a diagnosis of Autism, he walked away from the general aviation community.

Unable to fight the regulator, Hayden had nowhere else to turn, and was instead forced to pursue his aviation dream through the Recreational Aviation Australia Limited or RAAus.  A private company that is approved by CASA to permit it's member pilots to fly aircraft in Australian skies self-declaring their medical fitness - as long as they pay a membership fee.

How totally absurd is this ongoing situation!

CASA actively discriminates pilots and informs them that they're a risk to aviation safety, but then encourages them to pay a private company (that is CASA approved) a fee for permission to do the very thing the safety regulator claims is so unsafe.

If it is safe for pilots to fly using a self-declared medical certification, then why are pilots being forced to pay a private company for this right?

It's time to end the discrimination and importantly, it's time to end the corruption.

BENJAMIN MORGAN
Chief Executive, AOPA Australia
Mobile: 0415 577 724
Email:  ben.morgan@aopa.com.au



Via the other Aunty: Hayden is flying around Australia to show others living with autism that the sky's the limit

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