Designated
Aviation Medicine Examiner/Designated Aviation Ophthalmologist
DAME
Newsletter
April 2004
Temporary Medical Certificates
Appointment of Dr John Putland as PMO
Acknowledgement
DAMEs/DAOs/DAEEs – please acknowledge receipt of this Newsletter, noting
your stamp number, by return email to your liaison person:
Tara Powell looks after the ACT, NSW, VIC, the Defence Force and overseas
tara.powell@casa.gov.au
Netty Glasson looks after the NT, WA, SA, TAS, QLD & RFDS
jeanette.glasson@casa.gov.au.
For those of you without email, please fax your acknowledgement to CASA AvMed on (02) 6217 1640.
DAMEs Must Not Issue Tear-Off Temporary Medical Certificates
Just a reminder to those who missed this item in the February Newsletter, please DO NOT issue the tear-off Temporary Medical Certificates from the Original Medical Form.
We are still receiving a few Original medical reports indicating the applicant has been given a “Tear Off Temporary Medical Certificate”.
If you have any queries regarding this please contact your DAME liaison officer (Tara or Netty).
Distribution
This newsletter is distributed to all DAMEs/DAOs/DAEEs. You should read and digest the contents of this Newsletter, retain it for future reference, and make relevant sections of it available to your staff who have dealings with CASA or are involved in aviation medical certification.
Appointment of Dr John Putland as PMO
CASA appointed Dr John Putland as the PMO with effect Monday 29 March 2004. John has been a Medical Officer at CASA since October last year. Before joining CASA, John spent seven years at Qantas Aviation Health Services; four as medical officer and three as manager. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a postgraduate Diploma in Aviation Medicine. John is a member of the Australian College of Tropical Medicine, a Fellow of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and holds a senior lectureship in Travel Medicine at James Cook University.
Richard Macfarlane, Branch Head of Operational and Flight Crew Licensing Standards expressed his appreciation to Dr Tak Sham for acting as PMO following the departure of Peter Wilkins and Dave Emonson.
Administrative Matters
Applications for Re-appointment
CASA has processed 230 applications for reappointment under the new Civil Aviation Safety Regulations. There are approximately 370 applications yet to be processed. The DAME liaison team is working hard to complete the task as soon as possible.
If you have not made your application for reappointment, please do so without delay. Contact your liaison officer (Netty or Tara) if you have any questions about your reappointment.
If you have decided not to be reappointed, you are still obligated to notify your liaison officer of your resignation in writing and return your DAME/DAO stampApplicants need to have an ARN for MRS-Online
Aviation Reference Numbers (ARN) and the applicant’s date of birth will be required in order to download a medical examination from MRS-Online.
We recommend you put in place a procedure that ensures applicants are notified
of this requirement prior to attending the examination. Please refer
your applicants to their flying school and the following website address for
the application form and details on how to submit the form and, if appropriate,
apply for a student pilot licence.
http://casa.gov.au/manuals/regulate/fcl/form1162.pdf