Original article by Heath Aston
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 16 : 18-Jun-14

Australian senator David Fawcett of the Liberal Party wants Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss to intervene after a move by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. It has contacted some 500 licensed pilots whose medical certificates indicate they failed colour perception tests. The watchdog is warning them of a possible tightening of regulations, and among those affected are 124 commercial pilots at carriers such as Virgin Australia. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal had ruled over two decades ago that colour blind pilots can still operate as co-pilots on passenger flights

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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, VIRGIN INDEPENDENT PILOTS ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIA. CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY, AUSTRALIA. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND. CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY