Originally Posted by
JohnnyBekkestad
nothing in this picture talks about pilot age, if you were referring to no unfair discrimination that could as easily be meant to be that all medical standards should be equal for all 193 member states. Medical standard in Europe comparing to medical standards in the US or vastly different so one could say that Europeans are being discriminated against in comparison to the American medical standards.however that might actually be a case for increasing the medical status in the US has to be safer, which would mean that it will be more difficult for Americans to renew their medicals.
The entire slide deck was about removing the upper limit.
It also underscored the tension in rulemaking:
no unfair discrimination and
no ICAO state left behind. Capable states can remove the upper limit (principle of no unfair discrimination) they have the robust oversight. Incapable states can’t, which brings in the “no country left behind” principle.
Tension!
The increased medical standards in the US is just another ghost story. "Boo ... stop it you are scaring me" ... The US is a capable state with robust oversight, infrastructure, and data, more than enough to safely manage without an arbitrary upper limit. Nauru, can't!