Baby steps
The FAA is headed in the right direction on mental health
You may have heard at a social gathering someone casually say they forgot their Prozac or that their ADHD kicked in that evening. However, you will never hear that type of conversation in a pilot’s lounge—not because of the stigma of mental health issues but the consequences on pilot medical certification.
Dr. Brent Blue
Senior Aviation Medical Examiner
Dr. Brent Blue is an FAA senior aviation medical examiner and airline transport pilot with more than 9,000 hours of flight time. Through his company, Aeromedix.com, he introduced pulse oximetry and digital carbon monoxide detection to general aviation in 1995.