by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 25, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250508, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, faa, flying, General Aviation, Medical, News, Pilots
The changes, initially scheduled to go into effect in January 2025, would have replaced the longstanding practice of deferring incomplete medical applications to immediate denials of the medicals. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 16, 2025 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Medical, Pilots, Video
In the latest video in the Pilot Minute series from the FAA, Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, MPH explains how different medications prescribed for low testosterone may affect the status of your medical certificate. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 11, 2023 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Medical, Pilots
“When it comes to your airman medical status, just how honest and thorough are you when filling out that MedExpress or BasicMed form?” FAA officials ask in the video’s introduction. “Are you telling your AME everything he or she needs to know?...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 4, 2023 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Medical, Pilots, Video
In the latest episode of the Pilot Minute, Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, explains how pilots can make it easier to get documents to the FAA by bringing them with you to your AME appointment. Take a little bit more than a minute to watch the video — it might...
by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 31, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230907, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Medical, Pilots
General aviation pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 volunteered to sustain oxygen deprivation, turn blue, and emulate barely-sentient zombies in the interest of flight safety — their own flight safety. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 5, 2023 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, faa, flying, General Aviation, Medical, National Business Aviation Association, NBAA, News, Pilots
If the FAA puts up too many barriers for pilots wrestling with medical and mental health issues, it can backfire, according to Larsen. He noted a Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine study last year found that 56.1% of pilots reported avoiding health...
