Can You Become A Pilot With High Blood Pressure?

Original publication date: December 21, 2022 Last Updated: 1 year Author: Max SkylerTopic: Flight PhysiologyNumber of Comments: 0 Hypertension, being the potentially debilitating disease that it is, garners a great deal of scrutiny, when it comes to a pilot’s physical well-being and capacity to operate an aircraft safely without posing a risk to passengers in […]
Can Diabetics Be Pilots?

Original publication date: December 3, 2022 Last Updated: 1 year Author: Max SkylerTopic: Flight PhysiologyNumber of Comments: 0 Diabetes management is a contentious issue when it comes to physical fitness for flight. By virtue of its regulatory authority, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) painstakingly seeks to push the envelope in terms of enforcing and upholding […]