FAA medical certificates (1st, 2nd, 3rd Class) and BasicMed are essential for pilots to ensure their health and safety, legally enabling specific flying privileges based on the type of aviation ...

Rather than helping them get over a hurdle to “yes,” pilots often feel the approach to FAA medical certification appears to be to throw new hurdles in the path of applicants. Philippe de Kemmeter When ...

All students planning to begin flight training at Saint Louis University must hold a current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate. Proof of your holding a current first or ...

A boon to pilots needing ``special issuance'' medical certificates. The FAA has taken concrete measures to relieve the backlog of medical certificate applications that at times has exceeded 50,000.

The Federal Aviation Administration will likely extend its medical certificate exception for an unspecificed amount of time, after government coronavirus lockdown orders made it difficult for pilots ...

A MercyCare doctor based in Monticello was recently certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to issue aviation medical certificates for individuals applying for a pilot’s license. Dr. Stephen ...