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Key Safety Issues

Fitness for Duty

Fitness for duty encompasses all issues related to the mental and physical fitness of pilots and other safety-critical personnel.

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News, Fitness for Duty, Safety Regulation

EASA Offers New Rules for Pilot Mental Fitness

Proposed new rules prompted by Germanwings crash.

by FSF Editorial Staff

News, Fitness for Duty, Accident Investigation

Authorities Investigating GA Plane Crash as Intentional

NTSB transfers crash investigation lead to FBI.

by Frank Jackman

Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors

No Clear Pattern

Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.

by Linda Werfelman

Fitness for Duty, Human Factors

The Rogue Pilot Phenomenon

Safety specialists inevitably struggle to comprehend murder and/or suicide attributed to a flight crewmember.

by Thomas R. Anthony

Press Release, Fitness for Duty, Aviation Medicine, Safety Regulation

EASA Strengthens Medical Requirements for Pilots

EASA published Aug. 15 a set of proposals to the European Commission for an update of…

by EASA

Fitness for Duty, President's Message

Shared Responsibility

Aviation safety is both an individual and a shared responsibility. The decisions and actions of…

by Jon L. Beatty | President and CEO

FSF in the News, Fitness for Duty, Aviation Medicine

Airline Community Unites to Combat Pilot Mental Health Issues

by AINOnline

Fitness for Duty, 2016 FSF Press Releases

FSF Commends Work of Pilot Medical Fitness ARC; Urges States to Examine Privacy Laws

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Flight Safety Foundation issued the following statement after the release today of…

by Flight Safety Foundation

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…

by Linda Werfelman

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