Hello again flying friends and welcome to another episode of.
Now pilots don't always live a life of glamour it's not always flying to amazing destinations
working with awesome people playing around with brilliant planes sometimes
there's the administrative side of being a pilot and that's exactly what we're
doing today because today it's time for my class two aviation medical.
Now obviously I can't film inside the medical center but what I'm going to do
is going to pop in now I'm doing a class two medical
that's for a private pilot's license not the class one that you'd need for your
commercial license. My appointments in a few minutes time and once that's done
then I'll come back out here and I'll give you a bit of a rundown of what
actually you need to do when you're getting your class two medical. So let's
jump inside I'm already a few minutes late I've got a register as well and
let's see what we have to do. Okay that's clearly the wrong building so let's jump
inside the right building and let's get this medical done
One hour later. That actually went very well that's renewed for another two
years let's put though let's put our 6000 feet
on the altimeter let's head back home I'll let you know exactly what happened
in there. The very first thing that's going to
happen is you're going to get an email from CASA telling you that you're due
for your new medical. Now if you've already got an existing medical you'll
get the reminder email that comes through if this is the first time then
you're gonna have to apply through the CASA website and in there there's a
whole host of information. It's actually really good lots of FAQs. When you're
ready to go ahead and book that's when you want to find your local D A M E or
DAME which is your designated aviation medical examiner.
Now the CASA website has a list of DAMEs and you can view that by location.
So find your nearest one however before you do that what you'll need to do is
fill out the questionnaire on the CASA website which is a detailed set of
questions asking you about your medical history any complications that you've
had any history of certain diseases or illnesses in your family and it also
just gives your DAME your medical examiner or a bit of a heads-up on the
state of your health before you turn up for your appointment. And then you'll
start to go through the tests themselves now these vary depending on several
things typically your age and the type or the class of medical exam that you're
going for but your tests will go through a range of different things they'll be
checking your eyesight your hearing your heart rate will be monitored blood
pressure you may be required to do a urine sample Bloods might be taken and
tested and your basic body measurements will be taken as well such as your
height and weight. Now once that's all done if you need to be referred to
another doctor that can sometimes happen I know from my commercial pilot's
license I had to go to a separate person to get my eyesight and my hearing
checked but it can also be done in in one day in one place with one person
like it was for me today. Then at the end of the medical exam the doctor is going
to ask you a couple of additional questions you need to make a basic
declaration and then once you've paid your fees to the doctor and CASA
you'll end up with one of these. If you've got a medical coming up if it's
your first or if it's a renewal to things that I want you to remember. First
of all be honest always be honest with any questionnaire that you're filling
out online and any questions that the doctors asking you in the medical exam
itself. On the subject of honesty I'll let you into a little behind-the-scenes
secret one of the questions on the aviation medical questionnaire from the
CASA website is have you recently been to see a physiotherapist to
which I had to say yes because I had a minor back strain. The
reason why I had a minor back strain was because I fell off this. Yes I know what
you're thinking the doctor said the same thing he said what's someone at your age
doing on a skateboard? But, doesn't everyone on YouTube have a skateboard? Anyway.
Where were we? Remember as pilots it's our responsibility to make sure that
we're able to take an aircraft from A to B in the safest possible way if you have
a concern about whether the answer you're gonna give may potentially
jeopardize whether you're gonna pass that exam or not talk to your local
governing authority before you go ahead with your medical exam. And secondly my
final bit of advice and especially for you guys who are doing this for the
first time is it might seem like a huge massive scary thing but it's not. At the
end of the day you're gonna get a checkup which you probably wouldn't have
done anyway so you're gonna get some great feedback on your current state of
health and as long as you stay fit and healthy and you don't do anything stupid
and you answer the questions honestly your medical exam it's just gonna be
another thing you tick off on your route to becoming a pilot. And that leads us to
our Flyday Facts question. And the question today and leave your answer in
the comments below is what advice would you give to someone who's just about to
do their first aviation medical? Alright well thank you as always I hope you
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