Originally Posted by
maddogmax
I can't comment on the hiring part, but as a Line Check Airman at Delta, I can tell you that about 30% of the medicals I checked had a special issuance.
There's no problem KEEPING your job with an SI, but in the past some majors (go far enough back, and it was "all majors") probably wouldn't hire you with an SI.
Airline hiring attitudes and policies regarding medical/physical conditions have trended towards liberal over the past decade, so I would think that an SI for a minor, stable condition would not be a barrier at most majors.
But the best thing to do would be to seek out some gouge about the specific companies you're interested in. Can anyone chime-in with recent info (pre-9/11 is ancient history)?