Should crew fly while taking medication

It’s no crime to suffer an illness and unless he was physically incapable of doing his job then he has the same rights to a normal career as anyone else.

I don’t agree, he was physically incapable of doing his job and therefore was totally irresponsible and negligent in reporting for duty…When you have the lives of hundreds of people in your grasp one would hope the people in the pointy end were fully fit and capable of performing their duties…i for one know the debillatating effects blood pressure medication can have on the human body and on a bad day cannot even drive my car

Ren

The guy recognised that he had a problem and quite rightly sought medical help. I do however question the response of being prescribed drugs and being allowed to carry on as normal with his profession. Fortunately, there are guidelines within the medical realm which prevent individual cases being discussed, and as such we will probably never know the answer to the point I am raising.

I accept what you say but my point is what was the pilot told regarding possible side effects to the drugs he was prescribed for his illness, and was he warned about the POSSIBLE consequences of taking such medication.

Is there also not procedure in place whereby crews must advise their company medical providers if they are taking prescribed drugs? Perhaps there is someone on around here who is more informed in such matters who is in a position to educate.

What about the actions of the doctor who prescribed the medication knowing the profession of his patient?

The doctor was right to prescribe the medication, had he not, this chaps symptoms would have been a lot worse. Would you rarther a man at the sharp end suffering from the combined debilitiating effects of depression/anxiety plus the heightened risk of heart attack or stroke due to untreated high blood pressure ?

It’s no crime to suffer an illness and unless he was physically incapable of doing his job then he has the same rights to a normal career as anyone else. Unfortunately we all are more than capable of taking ill, it happens anywhere and everywhere… why even at work.

He wouldn’t be the first flight crew member to take ill on the job and he won’t be the last. Isn’t that one of the reasons there are two flight crew ?

What about the actions of the doctor who prescribed the medication knowing the profession of his patient?