I would also add that 99% of the Health Care Providers out there have no idea what would limit a pilot "specifically" from doing his or her duties. This isn't the military where you have a board certified Flight Surgeon who is an expert in Aerospace medicine. The Health Care Providers we see are Physicians, Dentists, Mid level NPs and PAs, Podiatrists, Optometrists, etc. They have no idea what a rudder pedal is!

So I go to an Optometrist and he gives me eye drops for an eye infection and he is supposed to say I can't see the runway to land? It's total nonsense and they won't write it! Why? because they open themselves up to lawsuits for other areas of operation like driving a car or a bicycle and no provider is going to write 500 restrictions to your daily activities to cover their a$$! The patient has to exercise common sense and judgement in their actions.

We need to look at a Paid time Off (PTO) system in our next contract. This is ridiculous!