Anyone familiar with Japanese Medicals?

[Amish RakeFight]

Weight/height charts do not accurately indicate BMI - for this you'll need a set of medical calipers to "pinch" the fat on your body.

 

[md83drvr]

I did the medical about 2 years ago. I passed everything but in the end decided the job was not right for me and my family.

The medical is 2 days. First Class medical plus: Blood work, Chest X-Ray, EKG, pumonary function test, eye exam, stress test, EEG (brain wave), and a chat with a shrink. As mentioned above your BMI has to be within limits, I think less than 27. Also your BP has to be within limits. They do not like people that have normally low BP or resting heart rate.

I'm sure I've forgotten some part of the medical, but like I said it was 2 years ago.

md

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Also your BP has to be within limits. They do not like people that have normally low BP or resting heart rate.

What's low and why would this be a problem.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

My BMI is 27 and I am certainly NOT fat. The scale seems to think scrawney people are normal. Even at competition cycling shape I was at 25 BMI. CE

 

[skiddriver]

Weight/height charts do not accurately indicate BMI - for this you'll need a set of medical calipers to "pinch" the fat on your body.

Actually BMI is just based on height and weight. It isn't a real indication of body fat content. You can be super lean and muscled, or super fat and dumpy, but for a given height and weight your BMI is the same.

The chart for BMI is midway down the page:

http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm

 

[corky]

Had the JCAB medical last month.

Not a big deal, I showed up at 7am after fasting for 12 hours and:

1. Drew lots of blood
2. took a urine sample
3. had an hour interview with a psychologist and took the MMPI test
4. went to the sleep lab for sleep test and brain wave test
5. went back to the docs office for a physical
6. took many eye exams...some I've never had
7. sat in the hearing box to test the ears
8. ran on the tread mill for the stress test
9. took the grip test....make sure your right hand is stronger they won't except the results otherwise

That's about it...not unpleasant at all.

Got the job.

 

[100-1/2]

Average Japanese Male - 5'7" @ 150lbs. I think it was a Japanese who engineered the BMI test. AMA Journal 2005 suggested revamping BMI scale because 60% of americans could be considered as "dangerously" unhealthy. Given that heart disease is a leading killer in the US and hardly registers in Japan, interesting.

100-1/2

 

[Nolife]

4. went to the sleep lab for sleep test and brain wave test

9. took the grip test....make sure your right hand is stronger they won't except the results otherwise

People and their ridiculous medicals. What's with the grip test... suppose you're left handed and have a stronger grip with that left hand. Does this mean you're a crappy pilot. Better start wacking off with your right hand.

Suppose you talk in your sleep or suffer from night-time erectus-humongous... will you fly a plane full of Japanese into Mount Fuji?

In the old RAF days they used to fire a pistol 6 inches from a cadets ear... the guys who didn't flinch passed the test, the others were sent home. Makes great sense to me :erm:

 

[Nolife]

Average Japanese Male - 5'7" @ 150lbs. I think it was a Japanese who engineered the BMI test. AMA Journal 2005 suggested revamping BMI scale because 60% of americans could be considered as "dangerously" unhealthy. Given that heart disease is a leading killer in the US and hardly registers in Japan, interesting.

Oddly enough Japan has significatly higher rates of stomach cancer than the US. Something to do with all the pickled food they eat.

 

[Carl_Spackler]

AS to the whole low resting heart rate and grip strength: With the Japanese officials, it's not what's healthy or unhealthy, but rather do you fit within the acceptable guidelines.

On another note, does anyone know if the JCAB will accept LASIK? I'm thinking not, but thought I would ask.