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Surya Gayatri

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2. Yes, very charged and vexed question, but as I opined elsewhere:

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:03 AM

Mar 2015

'If a doctor judges a pilot unfit to work, he/she
by definition is categorically unfit to fly, and the employer should automatically be informed of that 'unfit' status.

In this case, the subject purposely withheld his medical status from his employer and his doctors were not legally bound to disclose the facts.

Being judged unfit to work/fly means that the subject is a potential danger to the passengers and public.'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026424398#post28

And:

'Sweeping issue, wide scope: the rights of the individual in direct conflict with the good of the many.'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141051549#post14

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It's kind of tricky. Say you passed a law that mental health privacy did not apply to pilots, Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #1

Yes, very charged and vexed question, but as I opined elsewhere: Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #2

As someone who flies a whole lot, I see the question in simple terms DFW Mar 2015 #3