Listen carefully to your GP and AME.
"Traditional" treatment for type 2 is very unlikely to make you become suddenly incapacitated (AME's main worry.) Gliclazide and the like makes us slightly more twitchy.
Up until a few years ago, HBA1c targets (your overall diabetic control) were what we all strived to achieve. Evidence at the time suggested tighter HBA1c meant longer longevity.
The emerging evidence suggests that controlling lipids and blood pressure in a 70 year old with type 2 diabetes, is far more important than strictly controlling HBA1c (in terms of living longer and better.)
Like I say, it involves an informed discussion. Your prescribed may not realise the full impact insulin may have on your flying
Last edited by gingernut; 13th Apr 2017 at 04:56.