In 1980s Congressional testimony the FAA was told
that airmen should not get their medicals unless it could
be predicted there was less than a 1 per cent chance of a
cardiac event in the next five years. This was given as
the reason a Cessna 140 driver is held to a higher medical standard
than truck drivers, nevermind that some trucks are orders of
magnitude more dangerous to third parties than a small Cessna.

I would appreciate whatever information is available on this
testimony - preferably the full text of the discussion and
who said what.
--
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In 1980s Congressional testimony the FAA was told
that airmen should not get their medicals unless it could
be predicted there was less than a 1 per cent chance of a
cardiac event in the next five years. This was given as
the reason a Cessna 140 driver is held to a higher medical standard
than truck drivers, nevermind that some trucks are orders of
magnitude more dangerous to third parties than a small Cessna.

I would appreciate whatever information is available on this
testimony - preferably the full text of the discussion and
who said what.

> In 1980s Congressional testimony the FAA was told
> that airmen should not get their medicals unless it could
> be predicted there was less than a 1 per cent chance of a
> cardiac event in the next five years.
>
> I would appreciate whatever information is available on this
> testimony - preferably the full text of the discussion and
> who said what.

Go to a *research* library, such as one at the nearest university.

If you live near a STATE university, it is probably a "Depository"
library. That means the Feds "deposit" there all the stuff that pours
out of the Government Printing Office. (The one here at Penn State
even gets Sectionals, Terminal Area Charts and WACs.)

Such a library should have everything you want.

vince norris