#DEVA0804228ARegulations on Medical Conditions for Air Traffic Controllers
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The Arrêté du 16 mai 2008 establishes specific medical conditions that engineers and technicians overseeing air traffic control must meet to qualify for their roles within the French civil aviation sector. It outlines the procedures for medical examinations required at various stages, including admission to training, during initial training, and throughout their careers. The law aims to ensure that all personnel in these critical positions maintain their medical fitness to uphold safety standards in air traffic management.
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Key Changes
- Introduction of specific medical requirements for air traffic control engineers and technicians.
- Establishment of procedures for medical assessments at different career stages.
- Abrogation of previous regulations concerning medical conditions for aviation control roles.
Obligations
What this law requires
Air traffic control engineers must undergo a medical examination before admission to the National School of Civil Aviation for nomination as student engineer (for external and internal competition candidates).
Air traffic control engineers recruited through professional selection or professional examination must undergo a medical examination after success and before nomination as trainee engineer, if they do not possess valid medical fitness.
Medical examinations must be conducted during the initial training period to verify the maintenance of medical fitness for air traffic control duties.
Senior technicians must undergo medical verification before the 15th month of schooling at the National School of Civil Aviation and must communicate the medical fitness certificate to the competent authority prior to assignment to an aerodrome control position.
Senior technicians without valid medical verification or with a finding of medical unfitness (including temporary unfitness) cannot be assigned to air traffic control functions upon completion of schooling.