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I know this isn't relevant to the post, but why do you need a doctor note for 'any' amount of weeks?
Its a low pressure, low oxygen, cramped environment that can complicate existing issues a lot more than some people realize.
I know of someone who died because a really bad freak ear infection ruptured at altitude and they bled out before the plane could land.
Its not like planes aren't safe, its just that high risk individuals and situations need extra precautions.
I thought I was going to die on a plane during depressurization once. My head literally felt like it was going to pop from my forehead and the pain was so immense I hunched over as to not cause panic in the aircraft.
It had happened a couple other times before this particular instance where the front of my head felt immense pressure during the planes decent. It also caused major headaches that lasted several days after the incident.
I looked it up after this event and made an immediate appointment with my doctor. Turns out some 10% of men can be affected by this where fluid builds up in your forehead "sinus pouches" I'll call them, and during the planes decent it will depressurize. During depressurization this fluid will push against your brain. You can see a similar action with a half filled waterbottle during this time. They implode a little bit. That's what was happening to my head.
My doctor prescribed me a nasal spray I need to take 30 minutes before take off to drain my sinus. It's worked ever since.
Aw man you could've recreated the head exploding scene from scanners on a plane. That would've been the best prank ever.
Glad your head is unexploded though.
I wouldn't even be mad if someone next to me popped. I'd be like holy shit I can't believe I get two arm rests.
Phew, I can finally lie down. Too bad it only happened during descent
Fun fact, they did the special effects for that scene by shooting the fake head with an actual shotgun.
Jesus Christ. 😧
I suppose the airlines want that for liability reasons. But I'm curious of 'why' pregnant women need a doctor's note and not, say, folks with heart conditions then. Are there other groups that require some authority figure to give them medical permission to fly or do we only not trust pregnant women to listen to their doctors?
i would guess it’s less that they don’t trust them, and more that the doctor might do some extra tests to make sure that everything looks okay
heart conditions are typically a long-term thing; pregnancy is relatively short-term so there’s not a lot of time for people to get used to their situation, and there’s a lot to pay attention to
And adding to that: Depending on the flight you might be hours away from a suitable landing location with usually no medical personell or medical supplies beyond some band-aids available.
If something goes wrong, even unrelated to pressure, oxygen or cramped environment, you might be stuck up there for a very long time before you can get to a hospital.
Probably because you might end up giving birth prematurely on the flight and they don't wanna be liable for anything
The liability thing is definitely part of it but it ain't good news for anyone involved if that thing decides to pop out over the Pacific.
It can literally affect the citizenship of the baby which I find so strange.
Only the Americas have jus soli really. Everywhere else it's the parents' citizenships that matters.
I had to look it up, and yeah, that's kind of weird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
Interesting it lines up with the new world / old world concept.
Jus soli is important for former colonies, especially those with large permanent colonist populations. It's an easy way to build an immigrant-based citizenship.
If one of your parents are a US citizen, you are one no matter where you are born.
There are a bunch of regulations to make sure that in most cases a US citizen giving birth abroad, will grant their kid US citizenship. Although the law does not "guarantee" it like it does in most countries outside the Americas.
"Interestingly" the US does tend to apply jus sanguinis over jus soli in case of stateless people.
Someone doesn’t know something? How dare they!
I'm fairly certain the person I responded to is well versed and aware. I was saying that it is sad that the question need be asked. Here's a mirror for you to continue this non argument.🪞
For all you know that person could be a teenager.
The real problem would be if they didn't have any interest in learning something they didn't know about.
Oh, alright, it's a american thing.
What in the actual fuck does this mean?
Fascist country. Controlling women fascistically. Old white guys who take pills to make their decrepit dicks work on their mistresses and aids and probably children are very concerned about "Gods will" when it comes to pregnancy and womens bodily autonomy.
Something something Margret Atwood.