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
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List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Sky2high@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:12
AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Is there a
doctor in the house?
If he
can't get a Class III he, shouldn't be flying as a PIC. His family would
be better off if one of them got a pilot's license.
In a
message dated 9/14/2011 8:54:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, hap1995@yahoo.com
writes:
I have a friend who
wants to get back into flying, but has a possible medical issue that might
keep him from passing a Class III. Is there an AME on the list that is
willing to chat with me off list about his condition and if it is worth him
trying for the medical? He wants to get back into airplanes that he can
travel in to far destinations with his family, so LSA isn't really his first
choice.
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