Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
No I am talking about a request to view any and all medical records. It depends on the employer. Some ask for it, most do not. You need to read what you are signing. If it is a medical release, they can get everything in your medical file. You waive your right to HIPAA when the release is signed. Hence the term "release".
Any employer that asked for those medical files and then used them in a hiring decision would get likely get the lawsuit they deserve if they didn't hire you based on something in them. If you have an FAA First Class Medical, and that's what they require, then you've proved your ability to be "fit". The only things that an employer would care about in a medical file is probably failing drug testing, and that's disclosed separately by consent anyhow.
I don't even think airline management is that stupid to ask for your FAA medical records other than your current medical.