[Black Agnes]

I'm not flying to England any time soon!

[Jean S]

No offense intended but I had to check this source. I thought that this must be a satire piece.

My apologies, it's true and I'm speechless.

[Texas Mom]

This is a joke right?

Please tell me it's a joke..

[reformed_dem]

How about all those involved in that decision be the first to fly on a plane with a blind pilot.

[LibWhacker]

The finding, by the Federal Attorney General's Department

Did this finding come right after the Department dropped its requirement that new employees have brains?

[bootless]

Please tell me they're joking.

Please.

This article brings up all SORTS of scenarios, all of them unpleasant.

Flight attendants aren't glorified waitresses. They're there for safety. I want them to be able to get to the emergency exit quickly.

Severa; close friends are ATC, both Center and local. They MUST be tough mentally. I couldn't do it, and I'm not marshmallow.

Hell, if they do this, the only way I'll go to the UK is by boat.

[Reaganesque]

Blind, disabled 'should be able to fly'

Sure, if you get them going fast enough...

[InvisibleChurch]

the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ought to be the first on board when one of these disabilitites gets their license.

[tonyinv]

Note to Self: Scratch England off list of places it would be nice to goto.

This is beyond insane.

Tommorrows Headline: Convicted Murderer wins right to carry gun in jail.

[Paul Atreides]

When I read stories like this I feel as if life is becoming one long, tedious, maddening episode of Star Trek: Voyager.

[Vidalia]

...and the deaf should be hired as translators for the U.N., as if they haven't been already...

[lizma]

In Maryland the "legally blind" can drive.

Don't we all know that to the left, dead people take a back seat to "oppressed" people. (Except in November, when they all get an equal vote.)

[Consort]

Braille radar screens and prescription cockpit windows....

[July 4th]

In Wisconsin, we allow the blind to hunt deer. (with an aimer, of course...)

[SBeck]

Geez, let's keep 7700 in the box all the time if this comes to fruition.

[Bogolyubski]

And we wonder why Aussies are usually the winners of the Darwin awards??? Please tell me this is a joke!!

[Nick Danger]

Welcome aboard !

[Conservababe]

If ATM facilities have to provide braille for the blind users...why not allow the blind to pilot an airplane?

[Ronin]

I used to joke about this, but somewhere deep inside, I knew it was only a matter of time.

Next up, expect the Catholic Church to face lawsuits for not allowing atheists to become priests.

[Post Toasties]

Hey. Even a blind man can find some way to land a plane. Just maybe not where or how he intends to.