X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:43:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with ESMTP id 3283804 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:15:13 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.158.62.67; envelope-from=cfi@instructor.net Received: from wfilter3.us4.outblaze.com.int (wfilter3.us4.outblaze.com.int [192.168.8.242]) by webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with QMQP id C0FC81800129 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:14:34 +0000 (GMT) X-OB-Received: from unknown (208.36.123.229) by wfilter3.us4.outblaze.com; 10 Nov 2008 12:14:14 -0000 Received: by ws1-4a.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C7A8CCD80FB; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:14:34 +0000 (GMT) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_----------=_1226319274268190" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Ron Galbraith" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Safety in our Community of Lancairs Received: from [204.108.8.5] by ws1-4a.us4.outblaze.com with http for cfi@instructor.net; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:34 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 204.108.8.5 X-Originating-Server: ws1-4a.us4.outblaze.com In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Message-Id: <20081110121434.C7A8CCD80FB@ws1-4a.us4.outblaze.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_1226319274268190 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jeff, There are thousands of licensed pilots out there that don't have a medical and don't fly any hours per year. I'd have to say that the percentage of those pilots who have airplane accidents are pretty low.=20 How can you know if a pilot who doesn't have a medical, doesn't have a medically related accident? That statistic just doesn't make any sense to me. So, am I reading this right? Out of all the medically related accidents, more had a medical than didn't? So advocating that no one gets a medical will cut down on the medically related accidents? Sounds like making up a report to prove no point. Ron You have great points. Unfortunately we spend millions of dollars on the FAA data and don't get much bang for the buck. Here is an interesting statistic I did last year on the medical certificate issue for a comment I submitted the third class medical NPRM. Which group of pilots have fewer per capita medically related accidents? a. Pilots with medical certificates b. Pilots without medical certificates Answer is b. Pilots without medical certificates (glider pilots, balloon pilots) have fewer medically related accidents. Iwhile you browse with the Games Toolbar - Download Now! --_----------=_1226319274268190 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Jeff,
     There are thousands of licensed pilots ou= t there that don't have a medical and don't fly any hours per year.  I= 'd have to say that the percentage of those pilots who have airplane accide= nts are pretty low.  How can you know if a pilot who doesn't have a me= dical, doesn't have a medically related accident?  That statistic just= doesn't make any sense to me.  So, am I reading this right? &nbs= p; Out of all the medically related accidents, more had a medical than didn= 't?   So advocating that no one gets a medical will cut down on t= he medically related accidents?   Sounds like making up a report = to prove no point.

Ron


You have great points. Unfortunately we spend millions of dollars on the FA= A data and don't get much bang for the buck. Here is an interesting statist= ic I did last year on the medical certificate issue for a comment I submitt= ed the third class medical NPRM.

Which group of pilots have fewer per capita medically related accide= nts?

a. Pilots with medical certificates

b. Pilots without medical certificates

Answer is b. Pilots without medical certificates (glider pilots, balloon pi= lots) have fewer medically related accidents.=20
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