article_snippet: The case raised several specific quandaries about what the responsibilities of medical professionals are and should be -- legally or ethically -- in evaluating pilots.
article_snippet: Other possible reforms pose difficult ethical dilemmas, and thus need broad, careful discussion -- e.g., what role providers should play and how much privacy pilots should have.
article_snippet: Critical dilemmas arise, though, of what threshold should be used concerning which diagnoses and how much providers successful treatment should matter.  
article_snippet: Careful, transparent discussion, involving medical experts, pilots, policymakers and others, to establish  policies with clearly established cutoffs are thus vital.