According to information supplied by the Institute of Aviation Medicine a skin affliction was reported on January 25th 1979 and was diagnosed as Sézary Cell Syndrome, of which the most obvious and important symptom experienced by the pilot was intense itching. On February 16th 1979 he was declared temporarily unfit to fly. On June 8th 1979 a medical panel found him physically fit to fly as an airline transport pilot, after which time he regularly passed the subsequent medical examinations until July 7th 1987, when a medical panel again declared him temporarily unfit while further examinations were being conducted and cortisone treatment was given for a period. On August 18th 1987 a medical panel decided that he was fit to fly as an airline transport pilot with effect from August 18th 1987 to February 5th 1988, with the following restrictions:
(1) To fly with or as a co-pilot.
(2) Reports by specialist physician and dermatologist, and of haematological tests, to be submitted every 6 months.
