HIV positive man unable to become a commercial pilot

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So does other illnesses not banned

Which ones?

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Which ones?

You require a long list? Point is the current rules were put in place in a time before medical advances so it's due a revaluation

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You require a long list? Point is the current rules were put in place in a time before medical advances so it's due a revaluation

Yes I do... because it's relevạnt?

The point is, Diabetes 1 is treatable too and you live a normal life just like everyone else.
You are allowed to drive cars too. So why is it different?

Why ban people from driving trucks, but not cars etc?

[Kakera]

I don't think the rule should exist but there should be some social consequences for making stupid choices or people will continue to make them.

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Yes I do... because it's relevạnt?

The point is, Diabetes 1 is treatable too.

And perhaps Diabetes Type 1 will be removed too

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And perhaps Diabetes Type 1 will be removed too

So what will happen if the pilot collapses mid flight then?
Who will be held responsible?

Maybe the rules should stay in place and that one random fucker should look for a different job, tough luck. People with bad eyesight, even though they can wear glasses to improve it, aren't allowed to fly either.

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So what will happen if the pilot collapses mid flight then?
Who will be held responsible?

Maybe the rules should stay in place and that one random fucker should look for a different job, tough luck. People with bad eyesight, even though they can wear glasses to improve it, aren't allowed to fly either.

Again that can happen regardless

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Again that can happen regardless

So what? It's far more likely to happen when you have Diabetes 1....

[Deleted]

So what? It's far more likely to happen when you have Diabetes 1....

We're talking about HIV

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Which requires you to take medicine to make it bearable just like Diabetes 1.

So...? Do you start to realize it?

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Which requires you to take medicine to make it bearable just like Diabetes 1.

So...? Do you start to realize it?

And I don't know one HIV+ person that suffers spontaneous issues due to HIV. Again there's other illnesses exempt

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And I don't know one HIV+ person that suffers spontaneous issues due to HIV. Again there's other illnesses exempt

You don't even know a HIV+ person.

And again, which ones?

I know you don't know which ones and which ones are not, which is the main reason I'm asking - still fun though.

A spontaneous issue is a freaking stroke btw, which is more likely to happen due to the medication required. Just saying.
Oh and lets not forget that you are actually far more likely to get diabetes...or polyneuropathy

[AwkwardSquirtle]

Uhu... and..? Both fuck you up if you don't take your medicine.

HIV medicine has side effects, and you are more likely to get a stroke and all that shit.

Diabetes messes you up sometimes if you do take your medicine too. You often have to guess your dosage because labels are garbage sometimes, if they're provided at all. Your blood sugar needs to be over 5 to drive a car, and you have to check every 2 hours. That's not very practical in a plane.

[THEORACLE64]

To argue a different side of things. Planes are nothing more than flying balls of germs contained in metal. If I was positive, I wouldnt want to subject my immune system to such a place. Norovirus runs rampant in spaces like airplanes and cruise ships.

You realise this isn't the 1980's right? The medications that are available now reduce the HIV-virus to such a low, undetectable level that anybody having proper treatment is no less or more prone to somebody that doesn't have the virus. Your immune system only becomes more depleted the more that the HIV is developed within your system, so for someone who's taking medication it's literally undetectable.

It's a pretty stupid rule honestly.

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You don't even know a HIV+ person.

And again, which ones?

I know you don't know which ones and which ones are not, which is the main reason I'm asking - still fun though.

A spontaneous issue is a freaking stroke btw, which is more likely to happen due to the medication required. Just saying.
Oh and lets not forget that you are actually far more likely to get Diabetes...

Considering my brother has been HIV+ for 20 years, my ex for 10 and a few friends

[THEORACLE64]

Uhu... and..? Both fuck you up if you don't take your medicine.

HIV medicine has side effects, and you are more likely to get a stroke and all that shit.

So does a lot of medication, as well as a lot of life and environmental factors - just because it's a risk it doesn't mean it's going to happen. Getting on a plane is a risk alone in itself.

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Considering my brother has been HIV+ for 20 years, my ex for 10 and a few friends

Nah

So does a lot of medication, as well as a lot of life and environmental factors - just because it's a risk it doesn't mean it's going to happen. Getting on a plane is a risk alone in itself.

Which means we shouldn't regulate at all.
A risk is a risk, the rules are supposed to reduce the risks

[THEORACLE64]

Which means we shouldn't regulate at all.

Regulate what exactly?

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Regulate what exactly?

Who gets to fly a plane

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Nah




Which means we shouldn't regulate at all.
A risk is a risk, the rules are supposed to reduce the risks

I see you're just trolling ok