Originally Posted by Xeno
So all I am asking now is a Delta address to campaign like so many others have here and ask that Delta consider the human implications and potential lawsuits of making it virtually almost impossible to get to regular jets.
So even if you disagree and think that yet another campaign is absurd, could you link me to where I send my letter? Then this thread can be closed and forgotten.
Xeno
I’ve been where you are now. A year and half ago I had my first DVT and PE. I was given a ten percent chance of living the next 24 hours. As you can see, I’m still here, even after having a second one last summer. I’ve missed four months of traveling in the last eighteen months as a result.
I too have gone to several specialists, and while all think that my flying schedule contributed to the condition, there is no concrete medical proof that flying causes a DVT. You will not be successful in convincing DL or a court that flying any type of aircraft caused your condition, much less an RJ. If someone is telling you other wise they are quite simply misinformed.
With that being said, I still fly but avoid what I call Barbie Jets with a passion. They are cramped if you are 6’3”. Sometimes they simply can not be avoided. I still fly six to eight segments a week, (next week it is ten). I take my coumadin and I get up and walk every 45 minutes to and hour. I do my leg exercises in my seat when I can remember. My only other choice is to not fly. I continue to do so because I love my job and I can’t make anywhere close to money I make doing what I do. I realize I take my life in my own hands every time I fly because my leg still swells to almost twice it’s normal size every time fly for more than an hour.
My advice is to drop it as it will go no where. Take your medicine and get up and walk. Your only other choice is to no longer fly.