Originally Posted by
Piltdown Man
I feel for you but there are some jobs some people can not do. This is one job where your health should not compromise the safety of those in your plane or those on the ground. Be it a peanut allergy, dicky heart, or epilepsy it doesn't matter. If there is a reasonable chance you will have a seizure you cannot do this job. If a medic states you will not have seizure through contact with peanuts then that's fine.
Absolutely right, and for those thinking in terms of licence restrictions (e.g "as or with co-pilot") as a get around for this there may well be periods (depending on which company you fly for ) when you may well be alone for several minutes on the flight deck.
As PM has said the medics have to consider the safety of the x 100 people "down the back" in the event of an incapacitation, not just the rights or dreams of someone to be an airline pilot....that's why even serving pilots with long clear medical histories can suddenly lose their licence (and their jobs) due to them developing a condition that gets spotted in a medical....it's tough but anyone, newbie or an old timer can be deemed not fit to fly.