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Safety Board recommends new substance-abuse rules

As a result of a number of accidents in which the pilots omitted information or lied about substance and/or alcohol dependence during medical evaluations,

By Jennifer Harrington

July 31, 2007

As a result of a number of accidents in which the pilots omitted information or lied about substance and/or alcohol dependence during medical evaluations, and the NTSB later determined that the dependency “was relevant to the cause of the accident,” the Safety Board has recommended three policy changes in regard to the evaluation of pilots with dependency issues.

In a June 25 letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, the NTSB recommends that the FAA require pilots to submit full arrest and court records to the FAA, including details such as blood alcohol levels and behavior at the time of the offense; ensure that arrest and court records and complete medical records from the Aerospace Medical Certification Division are provided to medical examiners; and require all pilots diagnosed with substance/alcohol dependency to be evaluated regularly in accordance with special-issuance medical certificates.

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