Originally Posted by
AirBear
That'd probably be a good bet. I knew a major airline Captain who managed to hide the fact he was diabetic from his AME. This was well before it became possible to fly with diabetes.
The guilty until proven innocent protocol is a result of the underfunded bureaucratic aeromedical system. No culpability in the interest of public safety unless they ground enough people to bring the economy to a halt. Farcical indeed.