LawFuel

Grounded by the FAA: Overturning a Medical Certificate Denial

The Ison Law Firm Receiving a denial or deferral letter for an FAA medical certificate can deliver a career-altering shock to ...
Opinion

ER doctor: I’ve been the ‘doctor on board’ during an in-flight emergency. Airlines need better medical kits.

I’ve been the doctor responding to medical emergencies on a flight, and the medical kits I used contained minimal supplies.
Reuters

‘If you aren’t lying, you aren’t flying.’ Airline pilots hide mental health struggles

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, ...
New York Post

Pilots hide mental health struggles to keep working

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, ...
Grand Forks Herald

Mental Health in Aviation Act builds on efforts by UND, which continue to spread internationally

GRAND FORKS — When Sky Overbo began her work as an embedded aviation psychologist at the University of North Dakota, it was a “fast and furious” learning experience going through regulations and ...
Times Union

2 fatal plane crashes stoke debate over aging pilots, medical certifications

Smoke rises from a plane crash in Wallkill on Sept. 27. The pilot was killed after the plane went into a stall, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. ALBANY ...