Depression, Anxiety, and the FAA - FLYING Magazine

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Depression, Anxiety, and the FAA - FLYING Magazine

When it comes to mental health conditions, we frequently hear “the FAA won’t let me get help” or “if I try to get help, I’ll lose my medical.” Many times we see someone ask in an online discussion about how it will be handled by the FAA and the overwhelming response is “don’t bother, you’ll never get your medical.” That defeatist attitude is common enough in general. For pilots with a history of mental conditions, it seems to be even more pervas…