All pilots are legally required to obtain an FAA medical certificate, which ensures safety standards and comes in three classes providing different flying privileges. The process involves completing ...

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 ...

The FAA's medical certification process (CAMI) is widely perceived by pilots as adversarial, cold, and lacking empathy, leading to a significant loss of trust and often causing undue hardship and ...

A boon to pilots needing ``special issuance'' medical certificates. The FAA has taken concrete measures to relieve the backlog of medical certificate applications that at times has exceeded 50,000.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth says pilots and other workers need to be able “to take care of themselves without fearing for their job security.” ...

Recently, I started using bifocal soft contact lenses. While researching contact lenses, I suddenly became curious about ...

The FAA has made it less onerous for pilots with a history of ADHD to obtain medical certification. New FAA guidance allows Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs) to directly issue medical certificates for ...

According to the AOPA, more than 25,000 pilots are now flying under BasicMed rather than with an FAA aviation medical certificate. Effective May 1, 2017, BasicMed allows pilots in good health who have ...

A MercyCare doctor based in Monticello was recently certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to issue aviation medical certificates for individuals applying for a pilot’s license. Dr. Stephen ...

The US Senate has unanimously advanced bills that would streamline FAA mental health certification and establish clearer ...