Ron Natalie wrote:
Further, those who are going to fly with a significant impairment, are
as likely to lie about it on the history form which is by and large
undetectable by the current bureaucracy. I am aware of pilots who

It seems to me that the medical application / issuance process itself
isn't enough of a deterrent for pilots - cheating can and does happen
on a regular basis. The big deterrent should really be the fact that
your insurance company will do everything they can to not pay out if an
accident occurs - and a falsified medical is a very good reason for
them to do this. Of course they have to find out it was falsified, but
I doubt that is very hard given the amount of data these companies
track every time you visit a doctor.

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Guy Elden Jr.