07-29-2016, 07:09 PM
Congratulations AOPA leadership, Chairman Marc De Stoop and new CEO Ben Morgan in particular, for the well constructed letter to Mr. Skidmore calling for car driver type medical standards with minimal examination requirements. What is asked for might well be an advance on the recent US legislation which was said to have been compromised, to some extent, by lobbying attributed to the sectional interests of aviation physicians. However even they could not overcome indisputable logic and hence they will be removed from nearly all PPL medical exams in the USA.
The fact that AOPA has now embraced the forward looking, efficient and sensible policy of the U.K. CAA is welcome to say the least. A policy that, if adopted, would stimulate our General Aviation in large measure.
GA badly needs relief and commonsense regulatory reform, this will not come from CASA but will have to be initiated by Parliament. Members of Parliament need, for a start, to become aware that "clear and concise" as required by the Act is not followed. We might say that CASA is clearly beyond its remit, the word illegal comes to mind.
The fact that AOPA has now embraced the forward looking, efficient and sensible policy of the U.K. CAA is welcome to say the least. A policy that, if adopted, would stimulate our General Aviation in large measure.
GA badly needs relief and commonsense regulatory reform, this will not come from CASA but will have to be initiated by Parliament. Members of Parliament need, for a start, to become aware that "clear and concise" as required by the Act is not followed. We might say that CASA is clearly beyond its remit, the word illegal comes to mind.