Airline pilot dies after takeoff

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/20....ap/index.html

So much for first-class medicals.

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Airline pilots don't necessarily need first class medicals. The requirements
are company specific.

I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

wrote:
I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

Yes, that is correct. To exercise ATP privelages one must have a 1sst
class med. A 2nd class is required to exercise commercial privelages
(e.g. non-ATP). Most airlines require both Capt. and FO to have 1st
class meds though.

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wrote:
I believe the 1st class is optional for the co-pilot, but I thought
that a 1st class was required by the FAA for the captain.
IE to excercise the ATP privlegs one needs a 1st class.

Paul

Yes, that is correct. To exercise ATP privelages one must have a 1sst
class med. A 2nd class is required to exercise commercial privelages
(e.g. non-ATP). Most airlines require both Capt. and FO to have 1st
class meds though.


I can picture the FAA putting the FO through the wringer because he
exercised ATP privileges (landing the plane safely) without a valid first
class medical.

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

Steve Foley wrote:

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

I agree. Mx shooting his mouth off again.

Steve Foley writes:

I still can't see how anybody can gather enough information from a news
article to determine that this event has anything to do with a first class
medical.

The idea of a first-class medical is that it prevents the kind of
event that makes a pilot too ill to fly the plane.

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Steve Foley wrote:
Yes, that is correct. To exercise ATP privelages one must have a 1sst
class med. A 2nd class is required to exercise commercial privelages
(e.g. non-ATP). Most airlines require both Capt. and FO to have 1st
class meds though.


I can picture the FAA putting the FO through the wringer because he
exercised ATP privileges (landing the plane safely) without a valid first
class medical.


Huh? I have a buddy who's going through the upgrade program right now at Mesa.
He's been flying for quite some time for them with a commercial license and a
first class physical as a FO. When he passes his checkride, he'll be upgraded
to captain as well as get his ATP with a ERJ type rating.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Some aircraft require an ATP to be PIC by certification.

Viperdoc wrote:
Airline pilots don't necessarily need first class medicals. The requirements
are company specific.

Mxsmanic wrote:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/20....ap/index.html

So much for first-class medicals.

No doctor can guarentee you'll be alive in an hour, let alone 6 months.
Best that can be done is weed out a little risk.
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Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.