Berkut -- it doesn't matter if he is disabled or not if ATP perceives that he is and discriminates based on that perception. ATP perceives that he won't be able to get a job based on his weight. Working is considered a major life activity based on the supreme court decision in Bragdon v Abbot. So even though he is not actually disabled if ATP thinks that his weight would prevent him from being hired anywhere and based on that discriminates against him then any competent attorney could at least bring it to trial with a somewhat compelling case.
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I've seen nothing to indicate that ATP believes he actually has a disability; only that he's too heavy for some of their aircraft.
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Then he went on to say "We also need to look at the bigger picture and in your current condition you are going to be unhierable by the airlines. We train airline pilots here and I would not think it would be good if we trained you and you could not get hired by anyone."
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