Hoping that perhaps the upcoming M.O.S.A.I.C. will allow Sport Pilots access to the lowly Cessna Trainers that you mentioned.
Well, here's a guy turning blue with a tear falling down his cheek. Does this sufficiently illustrate the plight of a sport pilot awaiting greater privileges being granted by a byzantine federal agency?
Only if you want them done.
That one change would fix everything.
Your pcp is your family doctor that you go to for all your medical needs. He knows or should know everything about you and have all your records.
Nobody said he should know less. I’m just implying that a doctor shouldn’t be the one in control of ones health.
I get what you're saying, but you're also kind of presupposing that the person has a long, continuing relationship with that PCP and goes regularly for checkups. Like we all "should". But there are a whole lot of people out there for whom their PCP is a PCP in name only, maybe they've never even met them yet or maybe the last time was 5 years ago, and maybe even then it was for some minor illness, not a complete health workup.
True. But if anything were to happen, it WOULD be an issue.
I'm just trying to figure out how examination of external anus and genitalia applies to my ability to fly a plane. (other than being an ****ole, or a ****head)
ive heard that asked.
To make sure your sphincter is nice and tight so you don't sh*t your pants when you fly a bit too close to that t'storm cell
I'm trying to figure out why this concern never comes up in regard to a third-class medical, which has the same requirements.
Some people love deregulation and don’t care about the consequences to themselves or the general public. I really don’t want the lot of the medical misfits you want flying airplanes sharing the sky with me. This is especially true of the ADHD crowd.
How likely is it that people who exhibit these qualities are being cleared to solo, passing all their stage checks and getting all the way through training, and obtaining their cert?
It’s a continuum with developable compensatory mechanisms - moreover, it has positive attributes that may be advantageous in certain situations.
When I have flown with CFIs who can’t demonstrate private pilot maneuvers to private pilots ACS standards I find myself asking how some people pass who appear to be normal.
And yet, in 30 years, no AME has asked me to drop my pants. I guess they figure this doesn't require direct examination.
So the question becomes, "Does that same reasoning apply to the BasicMed exam?"
And the answer is, it depends on your physician. Mine's figured out how to evaluate my bodily functions without sticking his fingers anywhere.
Asks about symptoms?
Well, here's a guy turning blue with a tear falling down his cheek.
I agree. The point I'm trying to make is that people are acting as if this is a new issue that was introduced with BasicMed. It's not.
I had one AME that did and checked for hernia.
A doctor can’t definitively say you don’t have a hernia, hemorrhoids, or a hydrocele based solely on the presence or absence of symptoms. If he’s going to say definitively that you don’t have them, he has to do an exam.
Yes - I suppose
I don't recall saying my doctor was better than anyone else's. But I suppose he might think that definitely saying I don't have an asymptomatic hernia, hydrocele, or hemorrhoid on one day a year isn't worth much. He can't definitively say I don't have a brain tumor or lung cancer without scans that he also doesn't do at my regular physicals. But I do have his cell number and use it liberally when I have an issue.
The FAA doesn't ask about brain tumors or lung cancer.
