{"id":2016108,"date":"2023-08-29T20:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-of-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-to-fly\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:50:07","slug":"warning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-of-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-of-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: 5,000 Pilots Suspected of Concealing Severe Health Issues &#8211; Unfit to Fly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwarning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-of-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-to-fly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Federal Aviation Administration Investigating \u2062Thousands of Pilots<\/h2>\n<p>The Federal Aviation \u2063Administration (FAA) is currently investigating almost 5,000 pilots who pose potential risks to the flying public. This revelation \u200dcomes from a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/08\/27\/faa-pilots-health-conditions-va-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2063Washington Post<\/a>, which states that the FAA&#8217;s Office \u2063of Aerospace Medicine allocated $3.6 million last\u200d year for this investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The pilots under investigation \u200care veterans \u2062who are\u200c receiving benefits for conditions\u200b that may make them unfit for flying, while simultaneously reporting to\u200c the FAA that they are in good health. The Office of\u2064 Veterans Affairs discovered this \u2062issue over two years ago, but it was only recently disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>About 600 of the pilots involved \u200cwork for passenger airlines, while others fly private\u200d planes, \u2062cargo flights, or work for \u200btour companies. The FAA has \u200balready grounded around \u206260 \u200dpilots as a result of these investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have highlighted the vulnerabilities\u200b in the FAA&#8217;s medical system for screening pilots, emphasizing the risk to aviation safety posed by the large number of unreported health problems. The\u2064 FAA heavily \u200brelies \u2063on pilots \u200dto self-report their health issues, which can lead to falsification or \u2064failure\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-of-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-to-fly\/\" title=\"Alert: 5,000 Pilots Suspected of Concealing Severe Health Issues - Unfit to Fly?\">disclose important medical information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Garber,\u2062 former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-ontario-finds-two-cases-of-virus-variant-first-seen-in-uk\/\" title=\"Canada\u2019s Ontario finds two cases of virus variant first seen in UK\">chief medical officer<\/a> for the National Transportation Safety Board, warns\u2064 that this self-reporting policy\u2062 puts \u2062the safety of pilots and passengers\u2063 at greater risk.<\/p>\n<p>FAA spokesman Matthew\u2062 Lehner stated that they are examining 4,800 \u200cpilots who may have submitted \u2063incorrect or false information in their medical\u2063 applications. Lehner \u200cassured that the FAA\u2062 is\u200d using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-ca-will-force-kids-to-wear-kn95-masks-in-school\/\" title=\"Berkeley, CA Will Force Kids To Wear KN95 Masks In School\">risk-based approach<\/a> to \u200cidentify veterans with the greatest safety risks and instructing \u200bthem to cease flying while their cases \u200care under review. However, the \u2062majority of these\u200d pilots can\u200b continue to operate safely during the reconciliation process.<\/p>\n<p>Some pilots argue that the crackdown on veterans is unfair and that the FAA should shine a light \u2063on all pilots, not just veterans. They believe that the current situation\u2064 amounts\u2064 to \u200bharassment.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to address these issues as \u200bpilot\u2064 medical conditions have contributed to 9\u200d percent of fatal aviation \u200baccidents\u200d between 2012 and 2022, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.\u200c Recent incidents, such as a\u2062 Latam Airlines \u200dpilot dying mid-flight\u200b and \u200ca Southwest pilot fainting while in \u2062the air, highlight the potential\u200b dangers.<\/p>\n<p>While some disability claims may\u2062 be inflated, it is crucial to ensure the safety\u200b of the \u200cflying public. The FAA&#8217;s investigation aims to \u200caddress these concerns and improve the screening\u200b process for\u200c pilots.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-federal-authorities-suspect-5000-pilots-hiding-serious-health-conditions-unfit-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western \u2062Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAA is probing nearly 5,000 pilots deemed &#8220;potential risks to the flying public.&#8221; The Office of Aerospace Medicine allocated $3.6 million last year for this investigation, according to The Washington Post. These pilots, who are veterans, receive compensation while being scrutinized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2016109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}