Originally Posted by
FlyTheWorld
One would only hope that a background check would reveal a pilot has filed for disability considering the Social Security Administration is federal agency. How can a pilot justify a disability application and continue flying? You're fit to fly or you're not, when you self state you are disabled and cannot fly, but continue flying while your SSA application is being processed are you considered a risk to innocent passengers? This pilot works for Delta and was named in a previous post on this thread, he's a co-defendant with the City of Woodstock Georgia Police Dept., he assaulted his wife, and his wife suffered numerous civil rights violations when he conspired with local law enforcement to cause her harm. Read the case filed in the Federal Court, Northern District of Georgia.
Depends. You can in fact have a legit disability and still fly. Example might be a prosthetic leg from the knee down.
You could presumably still get disability benefits related to medical care in that case.
Also VA "disability" is a misnomer, a VA rating has nothing to do with your employment status, it's more like compensation for pain and inconvenience.
But your medical data is protected by HIPA, that's one of the very few things which a background check should NOT be able to find. A background checker would commit a federal felony by even accessing such records. The FAA, as a federal agency, can access other federal records for official purposes, and a pilot's health is their official business.