Originally Posted by
ashcoza
The fact that the doc said he is fit to fly really disregards anything else and I am shocked they wouldn't pay for one nights hotel too after they were making all the decisions. I can't imagine the helpless frustration at the airport there.
The point is that the medical people had already stated that the passenger was unfit to fly
"Medlink had judged that he was too ill to fly"
and in that situation would you really expect a pilot to act against the recommendations of, what I would assume to be, medical practitioners
It then required another doctor , after they had disembarked, to assess that the passenger was fit to fly
I would say that after being informed that the passenger was unfit to fly, that the captain did the only thing he could reasonably be expected to do