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Posts Categorized: Aviation Medicine
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Fitness for Duty, Sabotage/Intentional Acts, Aviation Medicine, Cover Story
Intentional Acts
Germanwings crash investigators urge clear guidelines for weighing medical privacy against the threat to public…
Flash in the Sky
Physicians attribute an injury to an airline pilot’s retina to an in-flight laser strike.
Aviation Medicine, President's Message
Medical Privacy vs. Public Safety?
The final report of the French aviation accident investigation agency, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses…
Fatigue, Aviation Medicine, Maintenance Matters
Latent Dangers
Older aviation maintenance technicians face age-related workplace health concerns.
Fatigue, Aviation Medicine, Human Factors
The Link Between Weight and Sleep
Aeromedical group endorses sleep apnea screening for the most obese pilots.
Stocking Up
International aviation organizations revise guidelines for in-flight medical care.
Flying While Impaired?
Study of pilots who died in aircraft accidents finds increasing use of legal and illegal…
Color Vision GAP
Different countries use vastly different criteria in setting the pass-fail threshold for pilots’ color vision…
Sleep, Interrupted
The FAA is considering more aggressive screening of pilots for potentially deadly sleep apnea.