The Global Aviation Advocacy Coalition has released an open statement calling on airline regulators to publicly address the growing number of commercial pilots who are vaccine injured..Calling it a "crisis in pilot health," signatories from Canadian, UK, US, Australia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland and International aviation, medical, scientific and ethics bodies have published published the open letter to bring awareness to vaccine injured commercial pilots. ."Pilots are trained to be careful analysts of their environment, recognizing risks and actively mitigating," reads the open letter. ."For many, their training and differential risk analysis led to concerns and negative conclusions regarding the compatibility of COVID-19 vaccination with health and flight safety."."Not only did many pilots disagree with arbitrary requirements embodied in vaccination mandates, but they also saw risks in the unanswered questions and unjustified speed and pressure behind the vaccine rollouts. They lobbied their airlines and politicians, recommending caution and opposing mandates.".The statement claims civil aviation regulators, those ultimately responsible for the safe and secure transport of citizens, ignored their own safety recommendation advising against the use of new or unproven drugs by flight crews. .When the COVID-19 vaccine mandates arrived, "many pilots steadfastly refused — based on risk — and were subsequently put on unpaid leave or outright terminated," said the statement. ."Now, the global airline industry is heading into a dire staffing crisis. Thousands of other pilots were coerced into vaccination to provide for their families. This has taken a toll on their mental health."."As sobering as all of this is, it merely set the stage for what we are now witnessing: a landscape which should greatly concern airlines and the travelling public."."The undersigned pilot advocacy groups, scientists and doctors are hearing daily from vaccine-injured airline pilots. These harms include cardiovascular issues, blood clots, neurological and auditory issues, to name just a few.".The statement asserts pilots are continuing to fly while carrying symptoms that "at least correlate to receiving COVID-19 vaccinations" and are creating "a human factors hazard of unprecedented breadth." .Pilots suffering injury are reluctant to report it, according to the group, as they will face the possibility of losing their license, income and career. .The statement points to FOIA-released Pfizer documents as growing evidence the vaccines pose health risks and insignificant efficacy and expressed concern much of the evidence was withheld from the public. ."Worse, there appears to be no evidence of aviation regulators, airlines or unions having performed any of their own due diligence into COVID-19 vaccines and the impact on pilot health or performance," said the statement. ."This is at complete odds with existing aviation medical standards. Questions exist around competence and possible negligence."."Failure to address this potential medical watershed will make the airlines and unions complicit in a culture shift that has rocked the aviation mantra of 'safety first, always.'".The statement includes a list of 20 airlines that have pilots with vaccine injuries, including Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet in Canada, and eight airlines out of the US. .The advocacy group, which represents thousands of pilots from more than 30 global airlines and more than 17,000 physicians and medical scientist around the world, is demanding airline regulators to publicly address the "crisis in pilot health" and "restore flight safety to what we once know." .Other requests in the statement include:.Where it exists, mandated COVID-19 vaccination for aviation workers must be discontinued.A permissive environment for self-reporting needs to be reemphasized by regulators and airlines.Thorough and objective aviation medical screenings of pilots and cabin crew need to be a high priority. These must be backed by the regulator and should focus on high prevalence harms which are now showing up in the general public and in our flight crews.Airlines and regulators hold data about sickness and medical certificate suspension, including symptoms and causal reasons. This data should be analyzed by independent third parties to establish or rule out COVID-19 vaccination as a possible cause.
The Global Aviation Advocacy Coalition has released an open statement calling on airline regulators to publicly address the growing number of commercial pilots who are vaccine injured..Calling it a "crisis in pilot health," signatories from Canadian, UK, US, Australia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland and International aviation, medical, scientific and ethics bodies have published published the open letter to bring awareness to vaccine injured commercial pilots. ."Pilots are trained to be careful analysts of their environment, recognizing risks and actively mitigating," reads the open letter. ."For many, their training and differential risk analysis led to concerns and negative conclusions regarding the compatibility of COVID-19 vaccination with health and flight safety."."Not only did many pilots disagree with arbitrary requirements embodied in vaccination mandates, but they also saw risks in the unanswered questions and unjustified speed and pressure behind the vaccine rollouts. They lobbied their airlines and politicians, recommending caution and opposing mandates.".The statement claims civil aviation regulators, those ultimately responsible for the safe and secure transport of citizens, ignored their own safety recommendation advising against the use of new or unproven drugs by flight crews. .When the COVID-19 vaccine mandates arrived, "many pilots steadfastly refused — based on risk — and were subsequently put on unpaid leave or outright terminated," said the statement. ."Now, the global airline industry is heading into a dire staffing crisis. Thousands of other pilots were coerced into vaccination to provide for their families. This has taken a toll on their mental health."."As sobering as all of this is, it merely set the stage for what we are now witnessing: a landscape which should greatly concern airlines and the travelling public."."The undersigned pilot advocacy groups, scientists and doctors are hearing daily from vaccine-injured airline pilots. These harms include cardiovascular issues, blood clots, neurological and auditory issues, to name just a few.".The statement asserts pilots are continuing to fly while carrying symptoms that "at least correlate to receiving COVID-19 vaccinations" and are creating "a human factors hazard of unprecedented breadth." .Pilots suffering injury are reluctant to report it, according to the group, as they will face the possibility of losing their license, income and career. .The statement points to FOIA-released Pfizer documents as growing evidence the vaccines pose health risks and insignificant efficacy and expressed concern much of the evidence was withheld from the public. ."Worse, there appears to be no evidence of aviation regulators, airlines or unions having performed any of their own due diligence into COVID-19 vaccines and the impact on pilot health or performance," said the statement. ."This is at complete odds with existing aviation medical standards. Questions exist around competence and possible negligence."."Failure to address this potential medical watershed will make the airlines and unions complicit in a culture shift that has rocked the aviation mantra of 'safety first, always.'".The statement includes a list of 20 airlines that have pilots with vaccine injuries, including Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet in Canada, and eight airlines out of the US. .The advocacy group, which represents thousands of pilots from more than 30 global airlines and more than 17,000 physicians and medical scientist around the world, is demanding airline regulators to publicly address the "crisis in pilot health" and "restore flight safety to what we once know." .Other requests in the statement include:.Where it exists, mandated COVID-19 vaccination for aviation workers must be discontinued.A permissive environment for self-reporting needs to be reemphasized by regulators and airlines.Thorough and objective aviation medical screenings of pilots and cabin crew need to be a high priority. These must be backed by the regulator and should focus on high prevalence harms which are now showing up in the general public and in our flight crews.Airlines and regulators hold data about sickness and medical certificate suspension, including symptoms and causal reasons. This data should be analyzed by independent third parties to establish or rule out COVID-19 vaccination as a possible cause.
