On making it difficult for everyone else
This is an interesting discussion.
Frank said: I didn't suggest that at all in any post.
From the earlier post:
I suspect if he had admitted the
loss of his medical and loss of power flight privileges to the club,
that body may well have banned him from flying club equipment and/or
the national association may have prohibited him from instructing.
If that's not a club or national association (like the SSA or BGA?) making
aeromedical decisions, I don't know what is.
If you don't require a medical for your national certifying body (like the
FAA), and your club bans someone from flying because of their medical
condition, that club is making an aeromedical decision.
I suppose it could be club policy to not allow pilots to fly if their FAA
(or other national certifying body) medical application has been denied. But
what about a person with the exact same medical condition(s), who has never
applied for FAA aeromedical certification, and thus has not been denied? If
that person shows up, and is willing to state they "have no known medical
condition that would affect my ability to fly safely", would you be happy
with that?
This is the whole light sport pilot issue with medical certification and FAA
denials. We in gliding can ignore that, since it doesn't apply to us.
Clubs, at least in the litigious USA, would be well advised to avoid getting
sucked into this kind of discussion.
Bullwinkle
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