ABSTRACT
International Civil Aviation Organization was created to promote safe and orderly development of civil aviation. It is the specialized agency of the United Nations. The Framework for regulatory activity in civil aviation develops international Standards and Recommended Practices. Military aircrew are subject to a variety of additional stressors in and out of the cockpit resulting in separate standards and regulatory systems. Personnel must be deployable in as wide a range of military roles as possible. Military medical licencing may be centralised to a medical board or delegated to military aeromedical examiners. Smaller number of military aircrew means that evidence base for best practice is much slower to accumulate than in civilian operations. Benchmarking against civilian standards and aggregating data between different services and nationalities helps with review and revision of medical standards. To facilitate interoperability, share costs, foster co-operation and evidence-based practice, allied forces have formed interoperability agreements.
