Originally Posted by Excargodog

So you are saying this is actually a MEDICAL assessment, not a “fit in with the rest of the team” assessment? Because that would be illegal under the
ADA Amendment Act of 2008, which was specifically crafted to overturn Supreme Court cases that had permitted airlines to disqualify people for a disability that was not disqualifying to the FAA. In one of the cases - Sutton vs United Airlines, two pilots were disqualified because of their uncorrected visual acuity even though they corrected to FAA standards. SCOTUS found for UAL reasoning the two pilots had no disability so the ADA did not apply. That discrimination did not sit well with Congress and eventually led to the ADA Amendment Act, changing the law to make it illegal to refuse to hire someone because you BELIEVE they have a disability, whether they do or not.



If indeed this is found to be a medical assessment, it could open up the airline to a class action suit by everyone disqualified by the PARB.

And if they are picking on ex military attack pilots for being ex military attack pilots, that could get ugly fast too…