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Diabetic shock while flying would be pretty bad. They seem to do individualized assessments, it's not an instant removal. https://diabetes.org/tools-support/kno
by Kerb_ 3y ago
Diabetic shock while flying would be pretty bad. They seem to do individualized assessments, it's not an instant removal. https://diabetes.org/tools-support/know-your-rights/discrimination/employment-discrimination/pilots-with-diabetes https://diabetes.org/tools-support/know-your-rights/discrimi...
- godelski 3y agoThis is the reason. Nuance is also common for some things on the list (e.g. HIV/ADHD but not all things, e.g. AIDS/Color blindness). But all these things are still lacking of a lot of nuance and things like diabetes has only recently been partially resolved due to large lobbying efforts of the ADA: https://diabetes.org/tools-support/know-your-rights/discrimination/employment-discrimination/pilots-with-diabetes https://diabetes.org/tools-support/know-your-rights/discrimi...
- foldr 3y agoDifficult to see what the “nuance” would be for HIV. If someone knows they have HIV, is receiving treatment, and passes other general health checks, then there’s really no risk. It smells of 80s prejudice.
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- tonyarkles 3y agoYeah, in undergrad I worked with a guy who was very bad at managing his blood sugar levels. One weekend he was alone in the lab and up on a ladder adjusting a ceiling-mounted camera; he passed out, fell, ripped the $30k camera out of the ceiling, caught the PC it was connected to on fire, and woke up on the floor a while later with no recollection of any of it. Another time he was biking home in the winter and passed out, luckily to be discovered in the snow by another colleague who happened to be walking home.