"There's a number of pilots out there who are fearful to come forward and speak"; Airline Pilot Suffers Heart Attack During Takeoff then Dies; American Eagle (Envoy) The pilot of a Chicago flight bound for Columbus, Ohio, passed out suddenly after takeoff Saturday evening, prompting a co-pilot to make a return flight back to the airport. The pilot, who was a captain in training for American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air, later died at the hospital, according to reports.
While the cause of the pilots blackout has not been revealed, incidents like this were exactly what pilots who rallied against mandatory Covid vaccinations were trying to avoid.