Union calls for Netherlands to lift ban on pilots with diabetes

Pilots in the Netherlands who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are barred from flying after the Dutch government declined to take part in a Europe-wide safety trial. Pilots’ union VNV has called on transport minister Barry Madlener to end what it calls an “unfair situation” by joining a scheme run in the UK, Ireland and Austria into how diabetic pilots can fly safely. The previous cabinet declined to take part after the transport inspectorate said it would cost €220,000...