Medical fails may climb

[densoo]

I wonder if Harvey Watt will be ready for the onslaught? And everyone here thinks that their insurance will pay for it, but if you need a referral from a Primary Care Physician, they may not give it without some symptoms of sleep apnea. Then you'll be on the hook for the hundreds or thousands of dollars in testing expense.

If the FAA can get away with bypassing the rulemaking process, how secure do you think other FAA policies such as ASAP, union participation in accident investigation and perhaps the longstanding policy of not punishing pilots involved in accidents with jail time?

When the NTSB report on the Bronx train crash shows the driver was a graveyard shift worker who had recently gone to the day shift and that sleep adjustment and fatigue were factors, watch the FAA fast track this program with public and political support.

 

[LJ45]

When the NTSB report on the Bronx train crash shows the driver was a graveyard shift worker who had recently gone to the day shift and that sleep adjustment and fatigue were factors, watch the FAA fast track this program with public and political support.

No the real problem was one person in the cockpit (or whatever they call it on a train) with no automatic backup system.

Really? With all the safety systems we have...we can't monitor the train speed vs. location and have an automatic brake system if the driver doesn't apply the brakes when they should.

 

[scoreboardII]

When the NTSB report on the Bronx train crash shows the driver was a graveyard shift worker who had recently gone to the day shift and that sleep adjustment and fatigue were factors, watch the FAA fast track this program with public and political support.

With the requisite higher taxes on the riders. Of airlines.

 

[densoo]

No the real problem was one person in the cockpit (or whatever they call it on a train) with no automatic backup system.

Really? With all the safety systems we have...we can't monitor the train speed vs. location and have an automatic brake system if the driver doesn't apply the brakes when they should.

You mean like Asiana 214? Yes, I know, big difference. But will the public know or care?

 

[Bringupthebird]

When the NTSB report on the Bronx train crash shows the driver was a graveyard shift worker who had recently gone to the day shift and that sleep adjustment and fatigue were factors, watch the FAA fast track this program with public and political support.

That doesn't matter. What matters is what does he look like. If he's overweight it's a forgone conclusion that he must be a snoring, stupid, ticking insurance time bomb. There is no other conclusion, right?

And not only should we be protected from this menace to society, but they make a significant negative impact on the aesthetics of society. We can justify our prejudice on any level we want.

Would President Obama have said the Trayvon Martin could have been his son if Trayvon was 5'9" and weighed 300lbs?

 

[waveflyer]

Wow, BruptheBird

Going off the rails there man-
Esp when you supported the age change

All of us said this increased scrutiny would happen
Now you want to blame Obama?

Go fish man

 

[Bringupthebird]

Not sure how you spun a commentary on the FAA's Guilty Until Proven Innocent grab of authority and how a person's weight is now a socially acceptable bigotry into "blaming Obama".

If the FAA wants to go through the NPRM process and pass a new reg that says the max weight for a class 1 physical is 200 lbs, then let them try and do it. To disregard the public input to something that affects ALL pilots (not just those with a mandatory retirement age) and withhold a medical until certain pilots pass a very subjective screening for a condition that has not contributed to any accidents is IMHO wrong.

If you lie about any condition on your medical application, your medical is denied or revoked. If the FAA feels that the majority of AMEs are unethical and are issuing medicals to unqualified pilots, then they should deal with that.

Tying this to the raising of the retirement age is a straw man.

Explain how you feel Age 65 is related to FAA Aeromedical overreach and why you think that had the retirement age remained at 60, they would have been kept at bay.

 

[inline]

Wow, BruptheBird

Going off the rails there man-
Esp when you supported the age change

All of us said this increased scrutiny would happen
Now you want to blame Obama?

Go fish man

You and your ilk have been blaming George W. Bush for everything the last 13 years, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[waveflyer]

You and your ilk have been blaming George W. Bush for everything the last 13 years, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

No
Bush was responsible for what he was responsible for

This medical overreach now that we have an extended retirement age

AINT A F^CKING COINCIDENCE

 

[scoreboardII]

Harvey Watts laughing all the way to the bank. They don't have to pay because all they have to say is "your fat, you didn't lose weight, its a self imposed condition, no paycheck for you!" Plus, they'll look back at your medicals/Dr visits to see what your BMI was at date of starting the LOL payments, further proving it was an existing condition.

And SWAPA is already fighting for a few dudes who on the advice of Doctors, did not do something HW wanted, and HW is denying their payments. So it is already happening.

Has anyone heard on peep from any insurer on this? No, they were consulted before its announcement and already know they are safe, in fact better than safe, they can deny more claims while raking in premiums.

Wake up folks!