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Canada's Transportation Safety Board recommends tightening pilot medical standards and updating guidance for examiners following a 2021 crash linked to a pilot's heart attack.
The U.S. flight training industry and aviation groups are protesting reduced access to FAA knowledge tests after the sole provider, PSI Services, cut fees paid to subcontracting flight schools.
The National Championship Air Races will hold their last event at Reno-Stead Airport in September 2023, as local authorities decided to sunset the event, prompting organizers to seek a new venue.
A University of North Dakota study found 56% of pilots avoid healthcare for fear of jeopardizing their flying privileges, prompting an expanded study with NBAA collaboration.

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Canada Eyes Tightening Medical Standards

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is recommending Transport Canada update guidance to civil aviation medical examiners to tighten pilot medical standards. The TSB found a heart attack suffered by a pilot to have contributed to a 2021 crash. The pilot died and his passenger was badly hurt. The board cited a recent study by aviation cardiologists that recommended comprehensive cardiac screening for all pilots over 40. The TSB said the handbook used by TC’s doctors hasn’t been updated in 10 years and it says TC should have a process in place to update that handbook with the latest relevant information for those doctors.