You really think your colleagues would be honest with you if it meant they could lose their medical certification to fly?
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The second is from 2022...
The only way to assess the risk since nobody's coming clean will be through a Congressional hearing, which we likely won't get, or through discovery during a lawsuit. Hopefully before people croak in a crash.
We're all colleagues and speaking for myself, I'm not going to report someone who tells me in confidence that he's having problems he thinks are from a vaccine. I can't imagine anyone else I work with would either. No one I've flown with has said they've had any problems from it. To answer your question, yes, I think they'd be honest with me because telling me wouldn't pose a risk for them to lose their medical certificate. We as a group don't typically try to knife each other in the back. Do you run to report a colleague to the police if he tells you he exceeded the speed limit coming to work? I'm not the government's health police. We have to get physicals every six months, it's the job of the AME (aviation medical examiner) to sign off on a pilot's medical certificate and declare him fit to fly. My AME has never even asked me if I'm vaccinated, which tells me that he doesn't think having the vaccine has any potential for causing problems.
My take is a little different, so my question would also be different.
I flew for 40 years. I met pilots of all kinds, from air carrier to air show stunt pilots to crop dusters.
Almost every one of them was smart, funny and a great conversationalist, but about the only thing common among them was love of flying and a very serious approach to honing their skills.
Other than that, they were diverse as the population in general.
The is no one pilot who can speak for all on any topic....other than those related to pilot skills and proficiency.
So you will get as many different opinions from pilots on this topic as you would if you interviewed truck drivers or bank tellers.
So my question would be: “Why would we think one pilot can speak for all”?