Are you medically fit to fly?

annodomini

I've never been asked, even when I was 5 months pregnant, in 1970, flying from Nairobi to Heathrow. Not very comfortable!

No, you wouldn't have been asked. Women are allowed to travel by air until the start of the ninth month of pregnancy.

Apart from women about to give birth, I believe it is the passenger's responsiblity, not the airlines, to make sure that they are medically fit to fly, or indeed travel by any other means of transport.

Oh dear BigLouis, whilst the airport experience is a test of patience, would yours be better served if they got some much better paid security MANAGER to to come and yell at you, as befits your status?!! [and for those who don't know, IF you can fly from a quieter regional airport, that does usually help a little with the parking and/or queues delays.]

That’s a bit unkind

What would have happened if you had said No?

Well said Dr Watson 😊

What an odd thing to be asked!

You aren't likely to say no.

Someone became suddenly sick and died on a plane next to my DDiL (who was with her 10month old DS at the time)
DDiL is a nurse and was soon involved with coping with the situation.
The plane was almost in NZ but had to turn and land in Australia because the death had occurred in Australian air space.
There were very long delays, no meals screaming baby , a new crew and the poor bereaved partner was interrogated and even asked where he was staying in Australia!

My DH up to his early 70s was very fit physically but as he wore hearing aids and laterly a cochlear implant he could not book any seats near an emergency exit, you have to be fit with no health issues. America is paranoid about being sued so if you are asked if you are fit and you are not then you could be sued if there is any issues in an emergency.

I was only ever asked once, when we were seated by an emergency exit. It was a flight either to or from Orlando -I can't remember - but from other commnts I guess it was probably the return, I was with my then teenage DD and DS who were 17 and 19 at the time.
Now at 69 I would say fit to fly but possibly not to open an emengency exit!

Imarocker

When we went to Antarctica last year the tour company asked me to get the GP to fill in a form and confirm that I was fit enough to do the trip. I hadn’t been to the surgery in 3 years and no one phoned to ask how I was but they charged me £30 for the signature.

Let’s be honest. If yiu can afford Antarctica, £30 admin fee for overstretched GPs is cheap