X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:48:04 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from nm15.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com ([98.139.44.142] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with SMTP id 5126203 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:48:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.139.44.142; envelope-from=lancair1@bellsouth.net Received: from [98.139.44.107] by nm15.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2011 00:47:56 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.69] by tm12.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2011 00:47:56 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1006.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2011 00:47:56 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 711477.26508.bm@omp1006.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 8210 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2011 00:47:55 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: T3XcrI8VM1kQKPz.0M1jaqlAj3tc37aQOB8xgaD3AGplGxZ BcZXUIo0cphVxLJRSa1oCiJIxGdzaOHQyLiVBwJr8xqWGxkWYQKikaw..Uhk YF9U27SFOb_gmcL_GnWKMbrroo_GsjcG0PE2aLPMHpiCF4aNBGujeLg2we6m Cb2CxOnb9bPrMJyd1CuXSFw5Rxa3QPVr1iPmoTQoXn0WabXU.SEqKinRM4Xm mlAdeD96cSrL_D.4i3SHYZH57I49_Wes7qhxwVVB8mGO4pxFisb2ZGfUJ81D KxVPMaRremrhmtOcFKw3kyY0nsZ.vYa2xNvbFeFvcc.LYPfeu61Wf9MRcjwz opEGfu3zNaP5C.UEO5WHCpGUx2_3JL3IjMqSGfA8_TvCl..78tGkm4ZQXo6w FmuRD976TK_8HnYQDeXG.e15lUlTR96Lwn5rrE_7KkoAMgr7OYkcCuVpqJjX BIwYwwp1kNF1A.tVMG74cfC.ciINVQg-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: DusPlfGswBAl7wtqFzQUR2IcVv1i0z4gnKT0Em7VqxiCxIg- Received: from DougHPPC (Lancair1@98.82.75.149 with login) by smtp107.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Sep 2011 17:47:54 -0700 PDT From: "Doug Johnson" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Is there a doctor in the house? X-Original-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:46:53 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <009201cc740a$21f54980$65dfdc80$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0093_01CC73E8.9AE3A980" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Acxz5h8ylYpNhMPCQL+fatndI6IlAgAI4eUg Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01CC73E8.9AE3A980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Might suggest you have the fellow contact the Flying Physicians Association. They are a group of flying doctors who are passionate about aviation. Many of them are AME's as well, and pride themselves on being "pilot friendly" and keeping folks flying to the best of their ability within the regs. Contact info can be found at www.fpadrs.org Douglas W. Johnson, MD PA From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John Barrett Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:29 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Is there a doctor in the house? True if the playing field is level. There are AME's and there are AME's and too many of them view their job as a mandate to be sure the letter of the FAA laws are aggressively followed to the extent that they forget their real job is to keep the public safe and help pilots who are in good enough health to continue flying. Don't give up looking for a good AND SENSIBLE AME until you are in a health situation where your most trusted and gifted GP tells you you are a time bomb with a short fuse while driving a car at high altitude. You are just as dangerous in that scenario as you would be in most airplanes with regard to health issues. My two cents. John Barrett _____ ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01CC73E8.9AE3A980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Might suggest you have the = fellow contact the Flying Physicians Association. They are a group of = flying doctors who are passionate about aviation. Many of them are = AME’s as well, and pride themselves on being “pilot = friendly” and keeping folks flying to the best of their ability = within the regs. Contact info can be found = at www.fpadrs.org =

Douglas= W. Johnson, MD PA

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From: Lancair Mailing List = [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John = Barrett
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:29 = PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Is = there a doctor in the house?

True if the playing field is level. There are AME’s and = there are AME’s and too many of them view their job as a mandate = to be sure the letter of the FAA laws are aggressively followed to the = extent that they forget their real job is to keep the public safe and = help pilots who are in good enough health to continue = flying.

Don’t give up looking for a good AND SENSIBLE AME until you are = in a health situation where your most trusted and gifted GP tells you = you are a time bomb with a short fuse while driving a car at high = altitude. You are just as dangerous in that scenario as you would = be in most airplanes with regard to health = issues.

My two cents.

John Barrett<= o:p>

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