Regulations and Government
EASA To Tighten Pilot Medical Requirements
Proposals will serve as the basis for rulemaking to be published by the European Commission toward year-end.

The European Aviation Safety Agency has sent a set of proposals to the European Commission that would update the rules governing pilot medical qualifications. Released in the form of EASA Opinion 09/2016, these proposals introduce the following new requirements, among others: drug and alcohol screening and comprehensive mental-health assessments; better follow-up in cases of a medical history of psychiatric conditions; improving the quality of aeromedical examinations by upgrading training, oversight and assessment of aeromedical examiners; and preventing fraud attempts by requiring AMEs to report incomplete medical assessments to the proper authority.


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