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obvious lowering of blood fat levels. There was no record of consultation with the
medical center’s dietician.
The high blood fat condition when combined with several factors such as age, gender,
and smoking would make it a high-risk group of heart disease. In this case, the pilot
had matched the characteristics of the high-risk group. Autopsy of the pilot had
determined that the pilot indeed succumbed to coronary disease.
2.2.5 Comparison of Organizational Structures of the Aviation Medical Center,
International Civil Aviation Organization, and the Federal Aviation
Administration
Distinguishing Feature of the Physical Examination of ICAO described:
The International Civil Aviation Organization made the minimum requirement to
flight safety, in order to make it easier for all countries to implement the procedure.
Moreover, ICAO limited itself to only making physical examination standards on
principle; it completely authorized the flight surgeon of each country to act and decide
on the merits of medical knowledge, with protecting aviation safety as its highest goal.
Presently, the civil aviators’ physical examination standards followed in the country
was
much more stringent than those of ICAO.
Distinguishing Feature of the Physical Examination of FAA described:
The American Federal Aviation Administration designated doctors to conduct
physical examinations of aviation personnel. Because the United States was a big
country, with a large number of aviation personnel, the FAA conducted more than
500,000 physical examinations annually. Consequently, there was no
way to
centralize all the physical examinations, so it was necessary to designate authorized
doctors to conduct these examinations. The number of the designated doctors was
more than 5,000. Some of the doctors had to conduct physical examinations after
undergoing few days training that resulted the inconsistency in the quality of the
physical examinations. The examination doctor had limited examination items to
check by using different equipments. During the physical examinations, the doctor
would ask the examinee to self-describing the health conditions. However, if there
were any concealment of the facts in the statement, there would be a US$ 250,000
fine or jail time of not more than five years. The two sentences even could be jointly
meted out (refer
to Appendix 11 FAA Physical Examination Chart). Individuals who
had
undergone both the FAA physical examination and CAA physical examination
could realize that CAA examination was more stringent than FAA examination. For
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