obtain such data, significant difference in the quality and quantity of relevant data exists,
thus rendering individual credit rating difficult. However, credit information is a data
concerning personal identification information and objective facts arising from financial
transaction processes, thus there is no reason for differently treating migrants in that matter
and it is institutionally and practically possible to collect, provide and utilize credit
information of migrants, so it is possible to deliberate and determine whether the migrant is
eligible for the mortgage insurance based on individual credit grades. The Commission
concluded that, nevertheless, unilaterally excluding migrants from those eligible for the
mortgage insurance is discrimination without reasonable cause and recommended to the
insurance company to revise the relevant business regulations ensuring non-exclusion of
migrants from eligibility of the mortgage insurance on the ground of foreign nationality
and the accused accepted the recommendation and modified relevant business regulations.
6) Discrimination Based on Appearance and Physical Attributes
Discrimination based on physical attributes, including appearance, refers to unfair
treatment without reasonable cause based on physical attributes, conditions or capacities
etc., such as facial appearance, external appearance, physical strength, height, weight,
agility and cardio-vascular capacity.
○ Discrimination in Admission to Pilot Training Institutions Based on Visual Ratings
Three persons, including Mr. Lee, were candidates to become aircraft pilots. They
alleged that according to the current Enforcement Decree of the Aviation Act, vision
requirements for issuing class 1 pilot license allowing to fly aircraft are "corrective vision
through spectacles is 1.0 or higher and naked vision is 0.1 more higher" or "if naked vision
is 0.1 or less, one should submit close optimal examination result." However, admission
requirements of aeronautical science and flight operation department or aeronautical
science and logistics department require candidates to have naked vision of 0.4-0.5,
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