The Federal Aviation Administration is developing a committee of aviation experts to help address any barriers that would prevent pilots from reporting mental health issues.
The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a committee to specifically address any barriers that could prevent pilots from reporting mental health issues. In the coming weeks, the FAA said it will appoint a panel of medical experts as well as aviation and labor representatives for its Pilot Mental Health Aviation Rulemaking Committee . The committee will be responsible for providing information, advice and recommendations to the FAA on helping pilots report mental health issues.
The FAA said that the committee will build on prior work that the agency has been doing, such as increasing mental health training for medical examiners, supporting industry-wide research and clinical studies on pilot mental health, and hiring additional mental health professionals to expand in-house expertise and to decrease wait times for return-to-fly decisions.
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