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LASIKed Chines Pilots Disqualified from Flying
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| Brent Hanson - LasikFraud.com 2005-04-26, 5:53 pm |
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South China Morning Post
April 25, 2005
HEADLINE: Women in race to be flying aces
BYLINE: Benjamin Wong
BODY:
Hong Kong may get its second female government pilot later this year after
620 women applied to join the Government Flying Service in its latest
recruitment drive.
They are among the 3,051 people competing for just four cadet pilot
openings. The selection process will be completed by August or September,
with the first round of examinations for the candidates beginning this week
or early next month.
The last cadet pilot recruitment exercise was held by the emergency air
branch in 2002 and attracted about 900 applications for three cadet pilot
posts.
The GFS said some of the recent applicants held master's degrees, even
though the entry requirements were two passes at A-level exams and three
grade Cs in the HKCEE, including maths and English.
Another crucial requirement for applicants is good eyesight. Those with eyes
corrected by refractive surgery would not be accepted because of special
equipment on GFS aircraft, including a $ 100,000 specialist night vision
scope.
Successful candidates from the recruitment exercise would be assigned to the
service's fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter stream and be sent overseas for
14 months aeronautic and flight training.
Ellen Yan Suk-yin, 34, is the first and only woman helicopter pilot working
in the government flying branch.
The chemical technology graduate became the first female cadet pilot of the
GFS in 1996 after she beat 80 male applicants.
Meanwhile, the Government Flying Service said it was not concerned about the
possibility of losing pilots to the booming commercial helicopter industry.
A spokesman said: "We believe that due to the uniqueness of our job nature,
our pilots would rather stay in the GFS and serve the community."
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| serebel 2005-04-26, 10:59 pm |
| All the way to China for this bit of garbage, eh?
SErebel
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| CatmanX 2005-04-27, 8:53 am |
| Have you ever flown in a plane helmed by a chinese piolt....SCARY.
dr grant
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-04-27, 11:50 am |
| Off Subject:
Not to participate in one-upmanship, but I once flew in a Chinese
plane with a Russian pilot. Now THAT is scary! 8^)
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| serebel 2005-04-27, 10:54 pm |
| Flown in a Chinese piloted plane? Hell, they can't even drive!!
SErebel
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| ycdbsoya 2005-05-01, 5:57 pm |
| Get LASIK in China, and one hour later you're myopic again.
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| Ragnar 2005-05-01, 5:57 pm |
| You hit on a topic inadvertently...
There is almost never a discussion about race or eye
color/pigmentation and cannicular folds as many asians have. It is
problematic and rarely if ever dicussed.
On 28 Apr 2005 11:33:30 -0700, "ycdbsoya" <the_boydstons@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Get LASIK in China, and one hour later you're myopic again.
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-05-01, 5:57 pm |
| Thanks Frank. I needed a good laugh.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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