Fitness standards in airline staff.
Employers have a legal duty to manage safety and to meet this duty it is necessary to control risks arising from pre-existing medical conditions. Such conditions can be identified at the time of job placement, but there is little published information about the approach to fitness standards by most airlines. This review is therefore limited to the practice of one major airline. It is illustrated by reference to various occupations within the airline, with the associated rationale.
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British Airways Health Services, Waterside (HMAG), Harmondsworth, Middlesex UB7 0GB, UK. a.mcgregor@doctors.org.uk
D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D000401:Aircraft; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000592:standards; D010809:Physical Fitness