The FAA is in Crisis.

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:00:36 +0000

27% of Pilots have misrepresented their medical history to the FAA, due to the culture of silence and medical avoidance. If you want your pilots to be able to access basic healthcare:

*TAKE ACTION:* Contact your congressional representatives to urge their support of the Mental Health in Aviation Act: https://tr.ee/CTA-XYLAxPMHC

Please consider donating to the Pilot Mental Health Campaign: https://www.pmhc.org/donate

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*SOURCES:*
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*Fact:*
27% of Pilots have misrepresented their medical history to the FAA. 46% admitted to seeking “informal” medical care, and 56% reported healthcare avoidance.
*Source:*
Hoffman, W. R., Aden, J., Barbera, R. D., Mayes, R., Willis, A., Patel, P., & Tvaryanas, A. (2022). Healthcare Avoidance in Aircraft Pilots Due to Concern for Aeromedical Certificate Loss: A Survey of 3765 Pilots. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(4), e245–e248. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002519
(Read the full paper here: https://assets.nationbuilder.c....om/pmhc/pages/41/att

On April 1, 2024 the FAA released the final Mental Health and Aviation Medical Clearances Aviation Rulemaking Committee Recommendations Report (ARC recommendations). As of March 2025 none of these recommendations have been implemented. Read the report here: https://www.faa.gov/regulation....spolicies/rulemaking

Walden, A., & Thomas, J. (2025). Unveiling the narrative around pilot mental health and aviation-A content analysis of FAA and mental health-related social media content. The Collegiate Aviation Review International, 43(1).
(Read the full paper here: https://ojs.library.okstate.ed....u/osu/index.php/CARI )

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