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You made my point. The only way to scrutinize people to a degree that doesn't count on their truthful admission of health conditions that are not currently subject to discovery on the Class I, would to make the exam more thorough. Even then you're probably not going to catch everything, but probably more than they do today.
Or just get rid of HIPPA. All this beating around the bush for who? No more depending on application integrity. No more discussion about an AME’s subjectivity. No more discourse on the need for a more stringent exam. And no more expecting a soon to be 66 year old from fully disclosure when they have nothing to lose (loss of license? give me a break) and 500k to gain from concealment.
At least in this case, the cats out of the bag and half the airline industry would be grounded. And the TRUTH, that the FAA can’t administratively do it’s job and make “decisions” on all the required deferrals they claim are needed.