Originally Posted by
pilotc90a
Actually I have a small issue with our current contract language. There is still an option for a "medical release" in C12. The company has no right, and no reason snooping around in my private medical records. for any reason. period. I will continue to vote against any contract that does not remove medical release language.
While the medical release does not violate the letter of the HIPPA law, it certainly violates the spirit of it.
The option for medical release has been in the contracts longer then the most senior pilot working. I have never heard of a single instance of the company abusing it. I suspect the company feels they have some legal obligation to insure fitness of its pilot group. The only use of records I am aware of is the company trying to assist pilots in getting a medical reinstated.
What I find interesting is the majority of pilots believe the medical release requirement originated with his TA and some have attempted to portray it as so.