13 Mar 2024

Doctors call on Civil Aviation Authority to reverse IT plan

From Morning Report, 7:41 am on 13 March 2024

Doctors who do medical checks on pilots are warning new software for recording their results is out of date, missing vital bits and unsafe.

They want the Civil Aviation Authority to backpedal on a multimillion dollar IT system they say already failed across the Tasman.

They are asking why the authority has not taken up Australia's offer to share its system, for free.

Phil Pennington reports.