2023-06-13 04:35:00
Yesterday, the commands of the airports throughout the country received a letter from the Executive Director of Aviation Safety of the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), General Edgar Osvaldo Ahedo Agraz, to authorize the commanders to accept as valid the medical exams expired from the Aeronautical Technical Staff, as long as some legible documents are presented without deletions or amendments, including the request for an appointment for a medical examination in the AFAC system.
This is allowed due to what we already discussed in this space a week ago, that the area of Aviation Medicine does not yet have sufficient capacity in terms of Physicians hired by this area to deal with the industry requirementsand the agency has not wanted specialist doctors, through the scheme of designated evaluators, to be able to practice their profession and support in carrying out the exams.
It was alerted that this might put in problems to the airlines now that the summer begins, because without enough appointments it can generate a lack of sufficient personnel in the high season.
And this trade aims, precisely, fix the problembut one of the observations made by the auditors of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the inspections of the AFAC, which led to the downgrading of Mexico to Category 2, is that mandatory circulars and official letters from government agencies are often abused to try to regulate technical issues which may have international repercussions.
In this case, the problem might be delicate if there were to be a serious accident or accident, both inside and outside the national territory if the aeronautical technical personnel involved did not have all the requested requirements in order, including the medical aptitude test.
Of course, let us hope that such a thing does not happen, but the point is that this type of scheme continues to be used, despite the fact that it exists enough medical staff trained who might go to the aid of the AFAC, even temporarily. It is true that there are not many resources, but in the end the medical examination costs the applicant and having flexibility in this matter might help the applicants auditors of the FAA, there in the US, and the aeronautical community here in Mexicosaw in the AFAC a sincere desire to comply with the international standards (who also exist to guarantee the safety of operations), who are willing to accept the support of experts who have been in this profession for years and who are not in vain the pride of Mexico.
But it would also be desirable that, as well as in the pandemic A similar decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation to extend the term of the medical examination (as happened in other countries, due to force majeure, that is, the Covid-19 and the ban on activities), now do the same, although obviously the causes of force majeure are not so pressing, having the solution so close at hand.
For the ones civil and military aviation codes become complementary, it is very important that there is a desire to accept the experience of specialist technicians. They wouldn’t regret it. Email: raviles0829@gmail.com
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