Blood glucose monitoring by insulin‐treated pilots of commercial and private aircraft: An analysis of out‐of‐range values

To examine blood glucose measurements recorded as part of the diabetes protocol operated by the UK, Ireland and Austria, which allows commercial airline pilots with insulin‐treated diabetes to fly. An observational study was conducted in pilots with insulin‐treated diabetes, granted medical certification to fly commercial or noncommercial aircraft, who recorded pre‐flight and hourly in‐flight blood glucose measurements. These values were correlated to a traffic light system (green 5.0 to 15.0 mmol/L; amber 4.0 to 4.9 mmol/L and 15.1 to 20.0 mmol/L; and red <4.0 mmol/L or >20.0 mmol/L) and studied for trends in glucose concentrations...