• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    Wait what? Chinese commercial airline pilots can get a “medical exemption” (from whom???) that says they’re allowed to smoke in the cockpit of the commercial flight they’re piloting?

    What?? What possible medical condition would a doctor ever recommend this for??

    This cannot possibly be true right?

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      10 days ago

      The Chinese government agency that controls their licenses. It’s a temporary exemption for pilots that were going to retire soon after the ban in 2020, it might be phased out by now.

      As far as medical condition… The Chinese have a bit of a different view on medicine and health than the west. They still sell medicinal cigarettes that include traditional Chinese medical herbs, making them “healthy” for you.