From the article:
“Pilots are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell their airline if they’re found unfit”
Sounds like a big loophole to me if they’re depending on “self-reporting”.
Too bad speeding tickets don’t work that way.
“Pilots are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell their airline if they’re found unfit”
Sounds like a big loophole to me if they’re depending on “self-reporting”.
Too bad speeding tickets don’t work that way.
It's basically the same in the US for a flight medical.
All medical visits to providers are self-reported to a FAA-approved medical examiner. Here is a copy of the old form, it is now an on-line effort -
http://flighttraining.aopa.org/pdfs/FAA_Form_8500-8_Medical_App.pdf