John Leake interviews Australian veteran pilot Shane Murdock, who recently published a paper titled: [Impending Disaster in the Global Aviation Industry]. Highlights from video, Murdock speaking unless otherwise noted):

Shane Murdock is a forcibly retired airline pilot (because he refused to take the jab) who flew over 20 years for Virgin Australia. He also has training in accident investigations, statistical analysis, risk management. He's been a commercial pilot for 43 years, has accumulated well over 22,000 hours in his career and has a Master's degree in Human Factors, which identifies and isolates risk before it becomes a disaster.

There were three primary data sets I used, and it was the correlation between these that raised red flags.

We're seeing a massive elevation of emergency declarations (Squawk 7700s) globally. In isolation you'd be concerned but there could be valid reasons. But you put it alongside the "all causes mortality" rise globally since the introduction of the jabs, and that's the second data point. In Australia it settled at about 16% above the 5-year average, so that's an extra 41,000 people in Australia dying of unexplained causes.

The third data point was discovered with a Freedom of Information application by a colleague to our regulator. In Australia airline pilots have a First Class ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot License - which is supported by a Class 1 medical. I'm over 60 so I have to have that every six months. The regulator is responsible for monitoring these and has the capacity to put restrictions so if someone's medical identifies a subclinical health issue that may - may - cause some kind of incapacitation in the course of a flight, the regulator can impose a restriction saying they can only fly with anothe pilot.

We wanted to know whether there had been a rise in conversion from 1st Class ATPLs to ones with a medical restriction. And in calendar year 2022 in Australia, that went up 126%. Executives of our aviation authority omitted the 2022 data when they were asked about this in a Senate hearing.

At a minimum, pilots should be getting a cardiac MRI and a D-dimer at their regular medicals. The extra expense should be borne by the people who imposed the vaccine mandates; further, if these vaccinated pilots lose their medical (clearances) on a permanent basis, they need to be compensated for the remainder of their careers by the same people.

The mantle of safety provided to passengers over the last three years has actually decreased. In the US, the FAA increased the (acceptable) bandwidth of EKGs for pilots; it used to be .25 to 1.5, it's now .25 to 3.0. Does a pilot have to be having a cardiac arrest on the surgical floor before they lose their medical? In New Zealand, a pilot under 40 isn't required to have an EKG anymore.

(from earlier in the video) Regulators expect that pilots will self-report a medical issue but here's the kicker. Most of the insurance pilots have to cover the loss of their license through loss of a medical (clearance) actually state that they won't cover adverse reactions. So pilots aren't likely to self-report if it means losing their medical (clearance), their career and their income and will never be compensated.

Want to also talk about this. The ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization based in Montreal, was formed under the Geneva Convention after WW2. It set out a series of tenets/annexes for Western countries to set up their aviation industries. These aren't mandatory but they're recommended practices.

Within these annexes there's a section for medical examiners. And in it there's a section that speaks to new medications to market, stating that no pilot should be administered a new medication to market till it's finally and fully approved, not conditionally or provisionally, and been in the free market for at least a year. We can't even take analgesics when we're flying. And here we are, our regulators, knowing what's in the ICAO recommendations, willingly turned a blind eye to something ICAO clearly recommended they not do.