Medical Certificate

Agency has dropped plans to deny incomplete applications and will work with aviation groups to streamline the certification process.

Here are the details on the use of BasicMed and its criteria, according to the FAA.

The legislators emphasized the need to address the stigma surrounding mental healthcare for pilots and air traffic controllers.

The NTSB summit sought to address the way the FAA handles mental health challenges.

I want to get my private pilot certificate, but I was told that I will never be able to because red-green colorblindness runs in the family.

The agency is investigating some 4,800 former military pilots who now fly for Part 121 passenger and air cargo operators, among others.

With some very rare exceptions, the FAA should never take more than six months to a year to review your medical certificate application. That might seem like a long time to some pilots. For others stuck in the quagmire of successive information requests from the FAA, it might seem laughably naïve. To be clear, that […]

Congress mandated the medical certificate rule based on a 2018 NTSB recommendation after a hot air balloon carrying 16 people crashed into power lines, killing all aboard.

When it comes to mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, we frequently hear “the FAA won’t let me get help” or “if I try to get help, I’ll lose my medical.” Many times we see someone ask in an online discussion about how it will be handled by the FAA and the overwhelming response […]

A pilot regains his FAA medical following a harrowing experience with a brain tumor.