You’ve convinced me.
As of today, AVMED should write to all pilots and their employers, warning that alopecia could be dangerous.
It’s a fact that most aviation accidents and incidents involve pilots with alopecia. (I reckon it’s an hormonal thing.) Sure: They pass all those recurrent tests but – you know – there’s something wrong with them.
These people have been flying around for decades, but nobody really knows whether there’s a causal link between aviation safety and alopecia. It’s been a missed opportunity for data collection. Without proper data collection and analysis, it’s not research. It’s just anecdote, not evidence.
Therefore, in the interests of aviation safety, the danger to aviation that could be posed by pilots with alopecia should be notified to everyone, all pilots with alopecia should have restrictions on their medicals, unless and until the absence of a causal link is proved through valid data and proper analysis.
The only difference between the above twaddle and the logic that leads to the recent regulatory actions about CVD is an historical coincidence.