Mental Health in Aviation (FAA Medical Certification)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-09-09 — Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025: House-passed Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 would direct FAA to update medical certification rules for pilots and air traffic controllers—expanding approvable treatments and medications, streamlining special issuance medical certificates, training more aviation medical examiners, and reducing stigma around seeking care. (novelty: 3)