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  #192  
Old September 5th 08, 08:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Tim writes:

Heredity plays an equally important role in all of this - a person's
vulnerability to disease as a result of environmental factors
(smoking, drinking, breathing in asbestos fibers, etc.) is highly
dependent on genetics, as is your likelihood to suffer a stroke from
smoking excessively, or a heart attack from eating too much bacon,
eggs, donuts, etc., or just plain being overweight.


True ... but the FAA doesn't look at that, either.

Where do you draw the line?


My point is that the FAA criteria are badly skewed. Airline pilots
with first-class medicals still drop dead from time to time, and
people who are denied medicals still live to be 95 years old without
ever being suddenly incapacitated by anything.

The FAA criteria seem to be inherited from military test-pilot
programs or astronaut medicals, but they are far too draconian. The
FAA could increase safety a lot more by testing pilot competence more
extensively and forgetting the over-the-top medical criteria. In
fact, the best way to determine pilot aptitude is by testing it
directly, not by inferring it from other information, and since pilots
are tested individually, this is a completely practical goal.


You have no idea what you're talking about.

you are an idiot.


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Old September 5th 08, 08:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

And if a person had occult cardiovascular disease, they would fail
the medical and wouldn't be a pilot.


No, they would pass. That's why it's called "occult."


You are an idiot.


Bertie
  #194  
Old September 5th 08, 09:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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On Sep 5, 3:03 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
More ignorant nonsense; if it were true about half the population of Peru
would be incapacitated.


Above a certain altitude, the population _is_ at least partially
incapacitated.


For Anthony it's sea level
  #195  
Old September 5th 08, 11:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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(in part)
Airline pilots with first-class medicals still drop dead from time to
time...


Actually, it is quite unusual for anyone to drop dead more than once.



  #196  
Old September 6th 08, 12:18 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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But of course, Anthony knows nothing about flying or the physical
examination process associated with getting a medical. He certainly, by his
own admission, could not pass one regardless.

His opinion on the subject counts for even less.


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Old September 6th 08, 12:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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Let's all remember that Anthony is not a physiologist and knows nothing
cardiology, let alone flying.



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Old September 6th 08, 12:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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On Sep 5, 7:19*pm, "Viperdoc" wrote:
Let's all remember that Anthony is not a physiologist and knows nothing
cardiology, let alone flying.


It's unlikely he stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night, either,
all the more reason to ignore him.
  #199  
Old September 14th 08, 08:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
JG
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On Sep 3, 10:49*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
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The city was fined the maximum amount allowed at the time (the maximum
has since been increased from $1,100/day to $10,000/day) for closing
the airport without the required 30 day notice (the closing was legal,
the timing was not) as well as investigated for misappropriation of FAA
funds because of the early closing and had to repay over $1 million.


So when did the airport reopen? *Does the mayor pay the fines out of his
pocket?


Its use has expanded:

"GOOD CAUSES: To help launch Children's Memorial Hospital's biggest-
ever fund-raising campaign at Northerly Island tonight, hospital
supporters will be entertained by an all-star lineup, including Tony
Award winner Heather Headley, former Styx mainstay Dennis DeYoung and
blues god Buddy Guy -- with Mary Ann Childers serving as the lucky
emcee. ... "
  #200  
Old September 20th 08, 11:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net writes:

Most people will place the cutoff at their own age plus twenty years or so.


That means the cutoff is 96.


I think the cutoff should be greater than the oldest POTUS candidate....
After all, suppose he wants to save us money and fly N28000 himself?


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