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Bookmark or Share- FAA removes more aeromedical barriers for mental health concernsPilots who are taking an antidepressant will no longer have to undergo routine follow-up neuropsychological evaluations in order to continue flying, the FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine announced May 31.
- Pilot Mental Fitness - Federal Aviation AdministrationThe FAA is committed to prioritizing the mental health of pilots. The FAA has recently updated our Guide For Aviation Medical Examiners to allow pilots and air traffic controllers to be treated with Cymbalta, Effexor, and Pristiq. Find the list of conditionally acceptable antidepressants here.
- Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional ...Hundreds of pilots currently flying are managing depressive symptoms perhaps without the possibility of treatment due to the fear of negative career impacts. This study found 233 (12.6%) airline pilots meeting depression threshold and 75 (4.1%) pilots reporting having suicidal thoughts.
- Think Your Job Is Depressing? Try Being an Airline PilotThe researchers found that pilots who were depressed were also more likely to take sleep aids and report verbal or sexual harassment. Airline pilot organizations and occupational safety...
- Flying and depression - AOPAA young pilot committed suicide in an aircraft in 2021 rather than risk losing his ability to fly because of arcane FAA mental health policies. It is time for the FAA to get into the twenty-first century regarding its approach to pilots with depression.
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