Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[ronin_sensei]

I cannot figure out how anybody could "have reservations" about physical 
condition of any light aircraft pilot, but still feel comfortable surrounded on 
the highways with 16 wheel rigs, buses and millions of cars operated by 
physically unexamined drivers.  Have we a priority problem here?  The 
statistics look screwy.  Maybe we should include global warming as a culprit.  
It has about the same statistical validity/priority.

Why in the name of Pete are we worried about some light-aircraft operator's 
blood pressure when we have certified highway meth-heads zipping by us at 
closing speeds of over 100 mph on a regular basis?  Maybe what we need is 
people minding their own business, at least until they can recognize physical 
reality?

Just a thought.
ddw

--- On Tue, 7/6/10, William R. Bayne  wrote:

From: William R. Bayne 
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
To: ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 12:25 AM


Hi All,

I agree with Lee and (most?) other folks recently commenting as to the "need" 
(or lack thereof) for medical certification and its effect on safety of flight 
for both pilots and those on the ground.  It bothers me that a majority of the 
pilot community is afraid to express such radical sentiments as we discuss 
among ourselves (presuming they are shared) because of "politically 
correctness".

To change course requires pressure on the helm.  Until a majority acknowledge 
the serious flaws in our present "system" and demand something better, the 
regulatory climate and culture will not change.

There is also, even in our comments, a certain incredulity, naivety or mental 
innocence that suggests surprise:

    1. that "common sense" has a place in the process, and
    
    2. the utter absence of "common sense" association between a given "danger" 
and regulations adopted to mitigate such danger.

I believe this is because, while all regulations should originate as an honest 
attempt to resolve an honest problem, few do.  Many not only do not accomplish 
what would appear to be their intended purpose, but actually have precisely the 
opposite effect.  The very idea that a regulation should "make sense" has 
become a joke among us.  Truth be told, it is we who are, in reality, the butt 
of such jokes; and rightly so.

In the spirit of July the 4th and all that the holiday represents:

Whether  our persecutors be the local tax board, local police, state and 
federal legislators, or even our President, our fear of retaliation keeps us 
from telling each that we know we are persecuted and we know who is doing it.  
As we entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested everyone had a 
right to "freedom from fear" even as his hand created many of the fundamentally 
unconstitutional "acronym agencies" that today comprise "bigger and bigger" 
government at greater and greater expense.  Does anyone now alive expect to see 
the day that such "freedom from fear" becomes reality?  The very concept is 
contrary to human nature.

Given the traditional absence of any meaningful responsibility to demonstrate 
that any given regulation is having the intended effect, ineffective or 
unnecessary regulations enjoy, to all intents and purposes, eternal life.  Ever 
more regulations (or legislation) are enacted as "solutions" for problems never 
properly defined until any logic between a given regulation and the effect it 
actually has is lost or completely obscured.

>From the perspective of a government bureaucrat, the more "problems" that are 
>perceived, the more of THEM are required (in the "public interest", of 
>course).  Since the authority to make any decision is the same, whether they 
>make it or we make it, the obvious "tension" is in how much authority do they 
>actually need to resolve genuine "problems".  There is an absolutely marvelous 
>British series frequently in reruns on PBS entitled "Yes, Minister" that 
>better exemplifies that of which I speak than mere words ever could.

Because they believe we employ them to keep us from acting irresponsibly, the 
day will never come that they will leave such freedoms as we still enjoy 
untouched.  Their professional reason to exist is to seek and exercise ever 
more advantage and dominion over we, the people.  Mere centuries after the 
founding of the first free nation on this earth, most have become silent and 
meek observers as the influence of bureaucrats and the legal "community" 
increasingly control a government we merely ratify between elections.  Our 
"choice" between two evils is still evil.

If we judge them by action and inaction, their purpose and destiny is to 
enslave us and the expectation of justice has been reduced t

Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[William R . Bayne]

Congratulations, Gordon!

May we all find a way to meet such challenges as successfully.

WRB

--

On Jul 15, 2010, at 11:06, Gordon Smith wrote:




I just received my medical renewal. I had quit flying for 30 yrs, 
because I didn't think I could pass the medical. In that 30 yrs I have 
had 17 surgeries, one of them heart pay pass, a bout with cancer and a 
stroke. I am truly Blessed to still be able to fly.


Socialism will eventually run out of other peoples money.

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Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[Don and Geneda]

Wow, that is amazing.  I too had quit for 20 years, had a pacemaker, 
defibrillator, 3 stents and on lots of meds.  Was afraid to even try for a 
medical, but your case would make me want to try again.

Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[Gordon Smith]

I just received my medical renewal. I had quit flying for 30 yrs, because I 
didn't think I could pass the medical. In that 30 yrs I have had 17 surgeries, 
one of them heart pay pass, a bout with cancer and a stroke. I am truly Blessed 
to still be able to fly.

Socialism will eventually run out of other peoples money.

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, TONY VAN KAMPEN  wrote:


From: TONY VAN KAMPEN 
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
To: ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 7:27 PM


  







I had a pilot friend who loss his medical do to heart problems, yet he was able 
to drive a school bus with 60 kids on his route. Go figure!!

Tony 

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, ercou...@juno. com  wrote:


From: ercou...@juno. com 
Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
To: ercoupe-flyin@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 3:06 PM


  

 It hardly matters whether one has a medical or not as to when they might fly 
with some medical problem.  Folks do it all the time.  FAA relies on the pilot 
to ground him/herself when they are not medically fit to fly.  An acquaintence 
here has a high blood pressure problem and would fail a medical if he took 
one.  He is asking friends with high blood pressure to give him pills to lower 
his blood pressure till his is low enough to pass a medical.  The idiocy of FAA 
regarding 3rd class medicals causes pilots not to mention any medication they 
might be taking as it will flag them, the medical will be denied and after 3-6 
months FAA might award the medical because the medicine has no adverse effect 
on one's ability to safely fly.  However, it does give a position for another 
burecrat and control over pilots..  In the end it comes down to the individual 
to not fly if it is not safe.
In my last medical, I listed I was taking eye drops, the nurse wrote down that 
I had glaucoma.  The dr. denied my medical and forwarded it on to Okla City.  
Even with a letter from my optometrist specifically stating that I did not have 
glaucoma, that the drops were simply a preventive measure FAA delayed giving me 
the medical and required me to retest every 6 months.  I went to an 
Opthomologist who did extensive tests and sent a letter to FAA stating I did 
not have glacoma.  Faa has now removed all restrictions from my medical.  I 
recognize that it is FAA's duty to attempt to ensure that pilots are medically 
safe to fly, however it is almost impossible to do so and their efforts are 
making life miserable for many healthy folks.

The only cure for stupidity is death. 


Lee Browning

  



I have found this is pretty common, I have a number of old friends that have 
not had a BFR or a medical for years and years! I notice when reading the NTSB 
accident reports, fairly often the crashee is like maybe 10 years past due on 
his medical.

--- In ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, ebengui...@. .. wrote:
>
> Dan too,
> Someone out there mentioned that they didn't think a medical
> was necessary for a Private Pilot Licensee. 
> They did not refer to the Sport Pilot License which I have reservations 
> about regarding the medical condition of the pilot. Medical Requirements. 
> Generally, sport pilots are allowed to use their state driver's license to 
> establish medical fitness. What if they have a medical condition that 
> actually is 
> dangerous to all concerned. You know what I mean! Those who just do the 
> wrong thing and get away with it until something happens. "Fate is The Hunter"
> Fast story: My Pilot friends wife asked me to inform GADO that her 
> husband was still flying his twin Beech with their two boys 10 and 13. He had 
> a 
> heart condition and medically had to stop flying as PIC. He figured he was 
> "JUST FINE" She informed them herself.
> "They all now live happily for ever after." 
> Prof. Ed.
>



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Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[TONY VAN KAMPEN]

I had a pilot friend who loss his medical do to heart problems, yet he was able 
to drive a school bus with 60 kids on his route. Go figure!!

Tony 

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, ercou...@juno.com  wrote:


From: ercou...@juno.com 
Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
To: ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 3:06 PM


  



 It hardly matters whether one has a medical or not as to when they might fly 
with some medical problem.  Folks do it all the time.  FAA relies on the pilot 
to ground him/herself when they are not medically fit to fly.  An acquaintence 
here has a high blood pressure problem and would fail a medical if he took 
one.  He is asking friends with high blood pressure to give him pills to lower 
his blood pressure till his is low enough to pass a medical.  The idiocy of FAA 
regarding 3rd class medicals causes pilots not to mention any medication they 
might be taking as it will flag them, the medical will be denied and after 3-6 
months FAA might award the medical because the medicine has no adverse effect 
on one's ability to safely fly.  However, it does give a position for another 
burecrat and control over pilots..  In the end it comes down to the individual 
to not fly if it is not safe.
In my last medical, I listed I was taking eye drops, the nurse wrote down that 
I had glaucoma.  The dr. denied my medical and forwarded it on to Okla City.  
Even with a letter from my optometrist specifically stating that I did not have 
glaucoma, that the drops were simply a preventive measure FAA delayed giving me 
the medical and required me to retest every 6 months.  I went to an 
Opthomologist who did extensive tests and sent a letter to FAA stating I did 
not have glacoma.  Faa has now removed all restrictions from my medical.  I 
recognize that it is FAA's duty to attempt to ensure that pilots are medically 
safe to fly, however it is almost impossible to do so and their efforts are 
making life miserable for many healthy folks.

The only cure for stupidity is death. 


Lee Browning

  



I have found this is pretty common, I have a number of old friends that have 
not had a BFR or a medical for years and years! I notice when reading the NTSB 
accident reports, fairly often the crashee is like maybe 10 years past due on 
his medical.

--- In ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, ebengui...@. .. wrote:
>
> Dan too,
> Someone out there mentioned that they didn't think a medical
> was necessary for a Private Pilot Licensee. 
> They did not refer to the Sport Pilot License which I have reservations 
> about regarding the medical condition of the pilot. Medical Requirements. 
> Generally, sport pilots are allowed to use their state driver's license to 
> establish medical fitness. What if they have a medical condition that 
> actually is 
> dangerous to all concerned. You know what I mean! Those who just do the 
> wrong thing and get away with it until something happens. "Fate is The Hunter"
> Fast story: My Pilot friends wife asked me to inform GADO that her 
> husband was still flying his twin Beech with their two boys 10 and 13. He had 
> a 
> heart condition and medically had to stop flying as PIC. He figured he was 
> "JUST FINE" She informed them herself.
> "They all now live happily for ever after." 
> Prof. Ed.
>



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Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[heavensd]

Bravo!
Well said!
Eliacim

--- ercog...@txercoupemuseum.org wrote:

From: "William R. Bayne" 
To: ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:25:16 -0500


Hi All,

I agree with Lee and (most?) other folks recently commenting as to the 
"need" (or lack thereof) for medical certification and its effect on 
safety of flight for both pilots and those on the ground.  It bothers 
me that a majority of the pilot community is afraid to express such 
radical sentiments as we discuss among ourselves (presuming they are 
shared) because of "politically correctness".

To change course requires pressure on the helm.  Until a majority 
acknowledge the serious flaws in our present "system" and demand 
something better, the regulatory climate and culture will not change.

There is also, even in our comments, a certain incredulity, naivety or 
mental innocence that suggests surprise:

1. that "common sense" has a place in the process, and

2. the utter absence of "common sense" association between a given 
"danger" and regulations adopted to mitigate such danger.

I believe this is because, while all regulations should originate as an 
honest attempt to resolve an honest problem, few do.  Many not only do 
not accomplish what would appear to be their intended purpose, but 
actually have precisely the opposite effect.  The very idea that a 
regulation should "make sense" has become a joke among us.  Truth be 
told, it is we who are, in reality, the butt of such jokes; and rightly 
so.

In the spirit of July the 4th and all that the holiday represents:

Whether  our persecutors be the local tax board, local police, state 
and federal legislators, or even our President, our fear of retaliation 
keeps us from telling each that we know we are persecuted and we know 
who is doing it.  As we entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt 
suggested everyone had a right to "freedom from fear" even as his hand 
created many of the fundamentally unconstitutional "acronym agencies" 
that today comprise "bigger and bigger" government at greater and 
greater expense.  Does anyone now alive expect to see the day that such 
"freedom from fear" becomes reality?  The very concept is contrary to 
human nature.

Given the traditional absence of any meaningful responsibility to 
demonstrate that any given regulation is having the intended effect, 
ineffective or unnecessary regulations enjoy, to all intents and 
purposes, eternal life.  Ever more regulations (or legislation) are 
enacted as "solutions" for problems never properly defined until any 
logic between a given regulation and the effect it actually has is lost 
or completely obscured.

 From the perspective of a government bureaucrat, the more "problems" 
that are perceived, the more of THEM are required (in the "public 
interest", of course).  Since the authority to make any decision is the 
same, whether they make it or we make it, the obvious "tension" is in 
how much authority do they actually need to resolve genuine "problems". 
  There is an absolutely marvelous British series frequently in reruns 
on PBS entitled "Yes, Minister" that better exemplifies that of which I 
speak than mere words ever could.

Because they believe we employ them to keep us from acting 
irresponsibly, the day will never come that they will leave such 
freedoms as we still enjoy untouched.  Their professional reason to 
exist is to seek and exercise ever more advantage and dominion over we, 
the people.  Mere centuries after the founding of the first free nation 
on this earth, most have become silent and meek observers as the 
influence of bureaucrats and the legal "community" increasingly control 
a government we merely ratify between elections.  Our "choice" between 
two evils is still evil.

If we judge them by action and inaction, their purpose and destiny is 
to enslave us and the expectation of justice has been reduced to mere 
"outcomes".  "Truth, outcomes and the American way" just doesn't have 
the same "ring" to it!

For over four decades, the FAA has used its regulatory process to 
progressively strangle the private pilot sector of the the aviation 
community.  Unlike the AOPA, I exclude corporate jets, the airlines, 
charter operations and the like, all part of "civil aviation" because 
these merely pass the increasing costs of operation and regulatory 
compliance to the consuming public.  The long term prosperity of the 
FAA is no longer linked with the health of our thus-redefined sector of 
civil aviation.  Not one FAA position will cease to exist when the last 
privately owned aircraft is grounded.  In fact, their

Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[ercou...@juno.com]

Bill, Very comprehensive and excellently stated.  THe intent of our government 
is to get the majority of the people in the USA dependent on Government.  If 
they succeed in getting the illegals where they are legal, we will never get 
the criminals out of office.  I fear for the USA.
Lee


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Hi All,

I agree with Lee and (most?) other folks recently commenting as to the 
"need" (or lack thereof) for medical certification and its effect on 
safety of flight for both pilots and those on the ground.  It bothers 
me that a majority of the pilot community is afraid to express such 
radical sentiments as we discuss among ourselves (presuming they are 
shared) because of "politically correctness".


To change course requires pressure on the helm.  Until a majority 
acknowledge the serious flaws in our present "system" and demand 
something better, the regulatory climate and culture will not change.


There is also, even in our comments, a certain incredulity, naivety or 
mental innocence that suggests surprise:


1. that "common sense" has a place in the process, and

	2. the utter absence of "common sense" association between a given 
"danger" and regulations adopted to mitigate such danger.


I believe this is because, while all regulations should originate as an 
honest attempt to resolve an honest problem, few do.  Many not only do 
not accomplish what would appear to be their intended purpose, but 
actually have precisely the opposite effect.  The very idea that a 
regulation should "make sense" has become a joke among us.  Truth be 
told, it is we who are, in reality, the butt of such jokes; and rightly 
so.


In the spirit of July the 4th and all that the holiday represents:

Whether  our persecutors be the local tax board, local police, state 
and federal legislators, or even our President, our fear of retaliation 
keeps us from telling each that we know we are persecuted and we know 
who is doing it.  As we entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt 
suggested everyone had a right to "freedom from fear" even as his hand 
created many of the fundamentally unconstitutional "acronym agencies" 
that today comprise "bigger and bigger" government at greater and 
greater expense.  Does anyone now alive expect to see the day that such 
"freedom from fear" becomes reality?  The very concept is contrary to 
human nature.


Given the traditional absence of any meaningful responsibility to 
demonstrate that any given regulation is having the intended effect, 
ineffective or unnecessary regulations enjoy, to all intents and 
purposes, eternal life.  Ever more regulations (or legislation) are 
enacted as "solutions" for problems never properly defined until any 
logic between a given regulation and the effect it actually has is lost 
or completely obscured.


From the perspective of a government bureaucrat, the more "problems" 
that are perceived, the more of THEM are required (in the "public 
interest", of course).  Since the authority to make any decision is the 
same, whether they make it or we make it, the obvious "tension" is in 
how much authority do they actually need to resolve genuine "problems". 
 There is an absolutely marvelous British series frequently in reruns 
on PBS entitled "Yes, Minister" that better exemplifies that of which I 
speak than mere words ever could.


Because they believe we employ them to keep us from acting 
irresponsibly, the day will never come that they will leave such 
freedoms as we still enjoy untouched.  Their professional reason to 
exist is to seek and exercise ever more advantage and dominion over we, 
the people.  Mere centuries after the founding of the first free nation 
on this earth, most have become silent and meek observers as the 
influence of bureaucrats and the legal "community" increasingly control 
a government we merely ratify between elections.  Our "choice" between 
two evils is still evil.


If we judge them by action and inaction, their purpose and destiny is 
to enslave us and the expectation of justice has been reduced to mere 
"outcomes".  "Truth, outcomes and the American way" just doesn't have 
the same "ring" to it!


For over four decades, the FAA has used its regulatory process to 
progressively strangle the private pilot sector of the the aviation 
community.  Unlike the AOPA, I exclude corporate jets, the airlines, 
charter operations and the like, all part of "civil aviation" because 
these merely pass the increasing costs of operation and regulatory 
compliance to the consuming public.  The long term prosperity of the 
FAA is no longer linked with the health of our thus-redefined sector of 
civil aviation.  Not one FAA position will cease to exist when the last 
privately owned aircraft is 

Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[TONY VAN KAMPEN]

I had a pilot friend who loss his medical do to heart problems, yet he was able 
to drive a school bus with 60 kids on his route. Go figure!!

Tony 

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, ercou...@juno.com  wrote:


From: ercou...@juno.com 
Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the 
Hunter"
To: ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 3:06 PM


  



 It hardly matters whether one has a medical or not as to when they might fly 
with some medical problem.  Folks do it all the time.  FAA relies on the pilot 
to ground him/herself when they are not medically fit to fly.  An acquaintence 
here has a high blood pressure problem and would fail a medical if he took 
one.  He is asking friends with high blood pressure to give him pills to lower 
his blood pressure till his is low enough to pass a medical.  The idiocy of FAA 
regarding 3rd class medicals causes pilots not to mention any medication they 
might be taking as it will flag them, the medical will be denied and after 3-6 
months FAA might award the medical because the medicine has no adverse effect 
on one's ability to safely fly.  However, it does give a position for another 
burecrat and control over pilots..  In the end it comes down to the individual 
to not fly if it is not safe.
In my last medical, I listed I was taking eye drops, the nurse wrote down that 
I had glaucoma.  The dr. denied my medical and forwarded it on to Okla City.  
Even with a letter from my optometrist specifically stating that I did not have 
glaucoma, that the drops were simply a preventive measure FAA delayed giving me 
the medical and required me to retest every 6 months.  I went to an 
Opthomologist who did extensive tests and sent a letter to FAA stating I did 
not have glacoma.  Faa has now removed all restrictions from my medical.  I 
recognize that it is FAA's duty to attempt to ensure that pilots are medically 
safe to fly, however it is almost impossible to do so and their efforts are 
making life miserable for many healthy folks.

The only cure for stupidity is death. 


Lee Browning

  



I have found this is pretty common, I have a number of old friends that have 
not had a BFR or a medical for years and years! I notice when reading the NTSB 
accident reports, fairly often the crashee is like maybe 10 years past due on 
his medical.

--- In ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, ebengui...@. .. wrote:
>
> Dan too,
> Someone out there mentioned that they didn't think a medical
> was necessary for a Private Pilot Licensee. 
> They did not refer to the Sport Pilot License which I have reservations 
> about regarding the medical condition of the pilot. Medical Requirements. 
> Generally, sport pilots are allowed to use their state driver's license to 
> establish medical fitness. What if they have a medical condition that 
> actually is 
> dangerous to all concerned. You know what I mean! Those who just do the 
> wrong thing and get away with it until something happens. "Fate is The Hunter"
> Fast story: My Pilot friends wife asked me to inform GADO that her 
> husband was still flying his twin Beech with their two boys 10 and 13. He had 
> a 
> heart condition and medically had to stop flying as PIC. He figured he was 
> "JUST FINE" She informed them herself.
> "They all now live happily for ever after." 
> Prof. Ed.
>



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Re: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[William R . Bayne]

Hi All,

I agree with Lee and (most?) other folks recently commenting as to the 
"need" (or lack thereof) for medical certification and its effect on 
safety of flight for both pilots and those on the ground.  It bothers 
me that a majority of the pilot community is afraid to express such 
radical sentiments as we discuss among ourselves (presuming they are 
shared) because of "politically correctness".


To change course requires pressure on the helm.  Until a majority 
acknowledge the serious flaws in our present "system" and demand 
something better, the regulatory climate and culture will not change.


There is also, even in our comments, a certain incredulity, naivety or 
mental innocence that suggests surprise:


1. that "common sense" has a place in the process, and

	2. the utter absence of "common sense" association between a given 
"danger" and regulations adopted to mitigate such danger.


I believe this is because, while all regulations should originate as an 
honest attempt to resolve an honest problem, few do.  Many not only do 
not accomplish what would appear to be their intended purpose, but 
actually have precisely the opposite effect.  The very idea that a 
regulation should "make sense" has become a joke among us.  Truth be 
told, it is we who are, in reality, the butt of such jokes; and rightly 
so.


In the spirit of July the 4th and all that the holiday represents:

Whether  our persecutors be the local tax board, local police, state 
and federal legislators, or even our President, our fear of retaliation 
keeps us from telling each that we know we are persecuted and we know 
who is doing it.  As we entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt 
suggested everyone had a right to "freedom from fear" even as his hand 
created many of the fundamentally unconstitutional "acronym agencies" 
that today comprise "bigger and bigger" government at greater and 
greater expense.  Does anyone now alive expect to see the day that such 
"freedom from fear" becomes reality?  The very concept is contrary to 
human nature.


Given the traditional absence of any meaningful responsibility to 
demonstrate that any given regulation is having the intended effect, 
ineffective or unnecessary regulations enjoy, to all intents and 
purposes, eternal life.  Ever more regulations (or legislation) are 
enacted as "solutions" for problems never properly defined until any 
logic between a given regulation and the effect it actually has is lost 
or completely obscured.


From the perspective of a government bureaucrat, the more "problems" 
that are perceived, the more of THEM are required (in the "public 
interest", of course).  Since the authority to make any decision is the 
same, whether they make it or we make it, the obvious "tension" is in 
how much authority do they actually need to resolve genuine "problems". 
 There is an absolutely marvelous British series frequently in reruns 
on PBS entitled "Yes, Minister" that better exemplifies that of which I 
speak than mere words ever could.


Because they believe we employ them to keep us from acting 
irresponsibly, the day will never come that they will leave such 
freedoms as we still enjoy untouched.  Their professional reason to 
exist is to seek and exercise ever more advantage and dominion over we, 
the people.  Mere centuries after the founding of the first free nation 
on this earth, most have become silent and meek observers as the 
influence of bureaucrats and the legal "community" increasingly control 
a government we merely ratify between elections.  Our "choice" between 
two evils is still evil.


If we judge them by action and inaction, their purpose and destiny is 
to enslave us and the expectation of justice has been reduced to mere 
"outcomes".  "Truth, outcomes and the American way" just doesn't have 
the same "ring" to it!


For over four decades, the FAA has used its regulatory process to 
progressively strangle the private pilot sector of the the aviation 
community.  Unlike the AOPA, I exclude corporate jets, the airlines, 
charter operations and the like, all part of "civil aviation" because 
these merely pass the increasing costs of operation and regulatory 
compliance to the consuming public.  The long term prosperity of the 
FAA is no longer linked with the health of our thus-redefined sector of 
civil aviation.  Not one FAA position will cease to exist when the last 
privately owned aircraft is grounded.  In fact, their lives will be 
infinitely easier because all levels of commercial aviation merely pass 
their costs of operation to the consuming public.


Benjamin Franklin gave us words to the effect that "Those that would 
give up freedom for security will receive and deserve neither".  So 
many of our recent generations have willingly come to feed from the 
public trough that their descendants will be unable to perceive any 
"cause" and "effect" when the fence around us is completed.  Things 
will simply be as they 

RE: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Pilot Medicals "Fate is the Hunter"

[Ed Burkhead]

 
Lee,
 
Be sure to have your acquaintance contact the consultants at the EAA and/or
the FAA concerning that high blood pressure.
 
There's a very good chance, as I understand it, that he could visit a
doctor, get the proper FAA approved medication for the high blood pressure,
get it under control in a week or few, then go get his medical certificate
renewal showing his history of blood pressure control on the FAA approved
medication.
 
I don't know how fast acting the medications are.  I know that 36 years ago,
my doctor gave me blood pressure medications and, in the next few days,
between using the pills and relaxed, eyes closed slow breathing, I passed
the Army entry physical and got into basic training.  By the end of basic
training my blood pressure was normal at all times - exercise can often do
that for you.  My blood pressure still responds well to regular exercise
(with the assistance of some FAA approved medication).
 
I **think** that treated high blood pressure is one of the things the AME is
now allowed to approve on the spot without any referral to headquarters.
 
The experts at the EAA and AOPA can give the proper advice.
 
Ed



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