atrdriver
Living in Paradise
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Be careful what you wish for. Stricter medical standards would probably weed out some over 60 pilots. Unfortunately it would get rid of a heck of a lot of pilots under 60!! I'm amazed at the number of pilots I see (and some I know personally) in their 30's 40's and 50's, who are overweight anywhere from a few pounds to God knows how much. I don't think they have heard of exercise, eat healthy, no smoking, cut down on the coffee etc. Don't believe me? Just look around.
I'd be willing to bet that if the US went to the same medical standards that IACO has 30-40% of pilots over 40 would lose their medicals. And It WILL happen, it's just a matter of when. As soon as the 65 thing passed it was a guarantee that the medical standards would get tougher at some point.