Originally Posted by
The Ancient Geek
Or maybe something has got garbled in the press reports - what a surprise.
BTW, an ATCO requires a Class 3 medical so if it was a stroke the answer is no, never, for life.
There are several items on a medical history which preclude the issue of an aviation medical.
Maybe. but a stroke isn't one, I know at least one person back in the cockpit of a 121 carrier after a stroke.