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At 10:18 PM 6/28/01 -0700, Percy Wood wrote: > You may be lucky enough to >get an AME that will apply the "door rule." (If he made it in >the door, he must be well enough to fly) Having seen that type I'm not sure that's really 'lucky.' For some guys, the flight physical is the only one they get. And it is very possible to get by one of these paper medicals and NOT be physically fit or mentally sharp enough to still be flying. > Or some 'by der booch' >type who will bounce you out at the mearist whiff of problems. Seen these as well. One time, and once only, I got waivered because my uncorrected vision is, well, abysmal (corrected is better than 20/20). I suspect the guy's brother runs a PRK clinic :-) The FAA sailed me right on through (the type of waiver was the one where I was allowed to fly provisionally in the mean time). What bothers me is when I see a guy flying around the pattern in something as simple as a 172 or PA28-140, and he's obviously a ways behind even that airplane. Then someone on the ground says, 'well, that old guy only flies once every couple of months, and I don't know how he can even have a medical...' On the other hand, we have perfectly able octogenarians who can't get a medical, or younger guys with some simple problem that is easily controlled in 2001 (maybe wasn't in 1950) that can't get a medical. Greg ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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