Originally Posted by deltabound

It does raise the specter of honest pilots deliberately avoiding medical help so they can truthfully put "no doctor visits" on their 6 month medical checks.

Not a comforting thought. It is, however, the lot pilots chose when they went down this career path. Knowing that your career might end at any second due to a medical issue that would be a non-event in any other job kinda sucks. It is what it is though.