All pilots must obtain an FAA medical certificate to ensure safety standards and are required to have one before their first solo flight. The process involves completing an online application through ...

Pilots can avoid turbulence at their FAA medical exam by providing pertinent medical information to the AME ahead of the visit. Dr. Robert Sancetta is a former DC-10 captain with 11,000 flight hours.

Marketing director Sarah Johnson pilots Bevan-Rabell’s Cessna 172 during flight training earlier this month with instructor Matt Anker. Johnson is one of several employees at the Wichita-based ...

While there’s no direct psychological screening, pilots must fill out a form that asks questions about their mental health and disclose drugs they are taking, including medications for depression.

BasicMed now allows pilots to fly aircraft with up to seven occupants (six passengers) and a maximum takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds (excluding transport category helicopters). Pilot examiners can now ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. The Federal Aviation Administration today announced final rules making it ...

All students planning to begin flight training at Saint Louis University must hold a current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate. Proof of your holding a current first or ...

It’s been 15 months since 16 people died in a hot air balloon crash in Lockhart, and the FAA hasn’t taken any steps to prevent future similar tragedies. While lawmakers, journalists, policy experts ...

The pilot killed in a December plane crash in Middlebury held an expired medical certificate, which should have kept him grounded, according to a review of public records and federal law. Pilots are ...

As new details continue to surface about Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot whom investigators believe intentionally took down Germanwings Flight 9525, many are questioning whether he had been sufficiently ...