Strengthening the Aeromedical Certification process of the Colombian Air Force
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https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.655Keywords:
Aeromedical certification; aeromedical decision-making; operational SafetyAbstract
The worldwide, aeromedical certification has a primary purpose: to ensure personnel capable of operating safely in the aeronautical environment. As a matter of fact, the requirements of physical and mental states may be high, depending on the environment in which operations are executed. Enforcing these requisites contributes substantially to safety, although a thorough review of the balance between the requirements and processes of aeromedical certification versus the reality and operational needs of the environment is required in order to secure this becomes an effective tool and not just a list of requirements. Some alternatives are proposed to increase the objectivity of decisions in terms of certification, taking as a starting point a stratification of the certificates depending on the aircraft being operated and the position inside the cabin, as well as the strengthening of the aeromedical decision-making process (ADM) based on the algorithm proposed by Navathe, Drane, and Preitner for the Office of Aviation Medicine of the Civil Aviation Security Authority in Canberra, Australia.
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