This has, in turn, led to further discussion on the sensitive topic of the mental health of pilots. While one should not ...

In 2023, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot tried to turn off the engines of a plane after he was feeling the effects of ...

CRASH investigators are said to be probing the medical records of the doomed Air India flight’s captain amid claims he ...

Prompted by the tragedies of the Germanwings crash last year and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with commercial ...

The mental health of the pilot flying an Air India plane before it catastrophically crashed into a residential area is being ...

Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month’s crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid reports he’d been suffering from depression and other mental ...

New and troubling questions are emerging about what caused the Air India crash that killed 260 people. A preliminary ...

FAA creates committee to address pilot mental health issues An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder told law enforcement that he was having a 'nervous breakdown' ...

Despite the FAA’s insistence that mental health issues can be reported, barriers still exist for struggling pilots. The FAA still does not allow pilots to take many antidepressants.

If pilots seek help for mental health issues, most conditions, if treated, won’t disqualify them from flying. The agency said only about 0.1% of medical certificate applicants who disclose ...

And today, the airline he flew for treats pilots with mental health issues differently than they did in the 1980s and ’90s. The industry is evolving.

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it is naming a pilot mental health committee to provide recommendations to address barriers preventing pilots ...