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This kind of don’t ask don’t tell stuff is fine. You want to have a test where passing it is being smart enough to be able to simulate being clean. In general,

This kind of don’t ask don’t tell stuff is fine. You want to have a test where passing it is being smart enough to be able to simulate being clean. In general, this principle works for lots of things. Drug use at your office job? No problem so long as I can’t tell you’re on drugs. And so on and so forth. The alternative isn’t some clean job. It’s where people who are incredibly stupid and scatterbrained have a “reasonable accommodation” and then you’re on a plane run by a fucking moron so that when the other competent pilot falls ill the moron will have to fly it by himself and then you all die. You thought you had 2x redundancy? Well one of the machines was always failing. No thanks. Let’s keep doing what we’re doing.

tim333 11mo ago
>plane run by a fucking moron They do have to pass quite strict tests to be a commercial pilot. Also the airlines/insurers are not keen on morons crashing their $100m aircraft.
- renewiltord 11mo ago
  They currently have to pass those tests which is why they're not morons. But if you decide to make it possible to have any of these mentally disabled people then I'm sure someone will find a way to turn it into a lawsuit if we exclude them. e.g. they had a test to hire police that turned out to have 'disparate impact'. The questions were simple things like: if a shift ends at 11 PM, the policeman shows up on site at 10.45 PM and stays there till 1 AM, how many hours of overtime did they work? But some people couldn't answer them and so they got paid out. When the system is opaque we can preserve competence. If we have to "make reasonable accommodations" and "prevent disparate impact" we're going to be in trouble. Better to keep it quiet. The government that had to pay out because people couldn't answer that question was also keen on not paying out lawsuits. But they had to nonetheless.
  - ahmeneeroe-v2 11mo ago
    Great response. Totally agree.

tim333 11mo ago

>plane run by a fucking moron They do have to pass quite strict tests to be a commercial pilot. Also the airlines/insurers are not keen on morons crashing their $100m aircraft.

renewiltord 11mo ago
They currently have to pass those tests which is why they're not morons. But if you decide to make it possible to have any of these mentally disabled people then I'm sure someone will find a way to turn it into a lawsuit if we exclude them. e.g. they had a test to hire police that turned out to have 'disparate impact'. The questions were simple things like: if a shift ends at 11 PM, the policeman shows up on site at 10.45 PM and stays there till 1 AM, how many hours of overtime did they work? But some people couldn't answer them and so they got paid out. When the system is opaque we can preserve competence. If we have to "make reasonable accommodations" and "prevent disparate impact" we're going to be in trouble. Better to keep it quiet. The government that had to pay out because people couldn't answer that question was also keen on not paying out lawsuits. But they had to nonetheless.
- ahmeneeroe-v2 11mo ago
  Great response. Totally agree.