Originally Posted by
blow.n.gasket
What would be interesting , would be a statistical analysis of the instances of cancer amongst the pilot body compared to the average population.
Looking particularly at cancers such as
- Lymphoma. such as Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Leukaemia..
- Myeloma
- Basal , squamous and melanoma skin cancers
- Brain cancers.
When one considers , due to the stringent airline selection criteria , pilots in general tend to be healthier than the general populace what should these statistics present ?
Less or more prevalence of these types of cancer ?
If more , then what is the causative effect creating the outcome ?
From a medical standpoint, if pilots and cabin crew, when, as a sample contrasted to the general population experience higher rates of disease in the given categories than the general population, then a threshold is readily established.
This is the basis upon which most causal medical compensation cases are settled: That the people in the airline sample have rates of disease higher than the general population (the general sample) would be sufficient to establish liability.
It is the case in recent changes that if an employee in a given occupation contracts a certain type of disease (several cancers) it is assumed a causal link is established. In other words work in Industry A, diagnosed with disease A,B,C receive compensation. The claimant is no longer required to prove a causal linked, it is accepted.
Airlines have the sickness data, perhaps they hope no one makes the link.