![]() Even if nothing else changed, on a sunny day I could still hop in a little plane and go up and have some fun.” Jeremy focused on getting his ultra-light license back up and running, the only license he was allowed as a person with diabetes under Australian flying regulations. All I could do was put one foot in front of another.” “To have this uncertainty thrown in at the same time was hard, a new diagnosis, job loss, loss of a career and financial instability. It was also a busy time in Jeremy’s personal life, just weeks out from getting married. Every pilot’s license I had worked for was revoked because of my diagnosis.” ![]() Not only could I not finish the course, when I came back to Australia, I no longer had a job. “The diagnosis immediately invalidated all of my pilot’s licenses. Jeremy was attending a training course in California to convert his Australian pilots license to an American one when he got the news. I spent the first half of my career as a second officer on the 747’s on long haul international routes, before being promoted to first officer on domestic capital cities and to south-east Asia. “Overnight I went from flying throughout Europe, the US, south-east Asia and north America to nothing. The road to get here has been long and difficult.īefore his diagnosis, Jeremy spent nine years as an accomplished commercial pilot with Qantas. Jeremy Robertson is the first Australian commercial pilot flying with type 1 diabetes. Jeremy Robertson lost his career and his livelihood as a successful commercial pilot when he was diagnosed with diabetes, he talks about how he rebuilt and how insulin has made that possible.
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