Revalidated medical certificates now extended up to 4 months

his means that pilots can continue to use the privileges of their flight crew licence for an additional 2 months while we assess and issue their new medical certificate.

Nathan Sullivan, Manager, Aviation Medicine and Client Services says it was a cross-organisational team effort.

‘We are particularly thankful for all the work that Dr Tony Hochberg, Deputy Principal Medical Officer had contributed to this project and the Information Technology Branch,’ Nathan says.

‘A special shout also goes to Angela Pearman from Business Verification Testing and Paul Revilla who conducted comprehensive testing to ensure the feature aligns seamlessly with our business requirement.

‘We know that our DAMEs are looking forward to this change and it will also considerably help our pilots who have been impacted.’

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