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CIVIL AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINER [1 record]

Record 1 2017-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
  • Air Transport
CONT

Examinations are required as frequently as every six months, for professional pilots who are at least 40 years of age, or as seldom as every five years, for private or balloon pilots who are under 40. The validity periods are printed in a table on the back of the MC [medical certificate]. Appointed physicians are known as civil aviation medical examiners (CAME), and there are about 900 of them in Canada and overseas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
  • Transport aérien
CONT

Il est possible que vous soyez tenu de subir un examen médical tous les six mois si vous êtes un pilote professionnel de 40 ans et plus ou tous les cinq ans si vous êtes un pilote privé ou un pilote de montgolfière de moins de 40 ans. Un tableau des périodes de validité des certificats médicaux est imprimé au verso des certificats. Les médecins agréés sont appelés médecins-examinateurs de l’aviation civile (MEAC). Il y en a environ 900 au Canada et à l’étranger.

CONT

[...] le médecin examinateur de l'aéronautique civile (MEAC) qui a procédé à l'évaluation de la condition physique du pilote [...] est devenu son médecin personnel.

Spanish

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