Originally Posted by
Nick Bradshaw
Has anyone ever cautioned you about oversharing on public websites? Sheesh, man. You really put a lot of personal info on this website that anyone, anywhere can see. Not only that, you've repeatedly doxxed yourself over and over.
All it takes is one "scared" frequent flyer to read your medical diatribes and drop a dime to Delta and the FAA and say they're scared for you to be their pilot. Watch all of these SIs you have go poof overnight in this world we're living in where social media hysteria rules.
And before anyone accuses me of making a threat, that's not what I'm doing here. I couldn't care less what you do, and despite my online arguing, I prefer to mind my own business. I've just seen people burned by this sort of thing before, and despite our debates, I do respect you for your tenacity.
HR at the company already went to FAA when we were fighting over a medication I use that's in the formulary but is off label for my condition, but the on label is FAA prohibited. They told me to take the on label and lie to FAA or take a higher dose of my current drug that they would cover every 4 days (FAA SI requires daily med, but Im on a very low dose).
Aside from being a HIPPA violation, FAA was pretty much "ya, we know, why are you questioning our determination that his condition/medication combination is OK"
None of my conditions or medications raise the probability of sudden incapacitating medical events. That's why the FAA granted me an SI but does require testing to see when the isdue starts getting worse so we can change meds or if unable to control, my SI is invalid.
I am very forthright and honest because I was one of the first SIs with my condition approved, the FAA uses me as a long term study on it. And using my treatment and monitoring protocol along with AMAS have helped a ton of pilots keep flying.
I was originally basically a pet project of NAMI to see if I could return to flight status with all my injuries which were mainly orthopedic. I then had a bad reaction to an injection they gave me (Anthrax) and the real fun began.
I held a Navy SG1 medical until the day I retired. No restrictions other than must treat condition and use CPAP due to OSA caused by a combination of fire and facial injuries. I actually don't look bad if you see me in person in uniform. But a couple F/Os and F/As who have seen me doing laps in the pool got WTF. Scars galore. Not a lot of burn scars anymore but i look like a patchwork quilt from scars and different areas tanning differently.
According to my wife, I'm the great value version of Darth Vader. Burned. Tons of artificial parts. Can't breathe without a machine (CPAP), can fix or fly anything but no force powers.
Your 250 to 300 pound 5'10" - 6' pilot who hasnt seen his feet while standing without a mirror since Clinton was president and goes to a fog mirror pass medical AME is far, far more likely to have a rapid incapacitating event than I, who is on all sorts of monitoring for a condition that is highly improbable to be a rapid incapacitating event. But long term issues are all but guaranteed.
But none of that changes the cold hard mathematical reality that for me, 67 makes WBA go from a low less than 50/50 but could happen reality to under 1 in 20.