BasicMed now allows pilots to fly aircraft with up to seven occupants (six passengers) and a maximum takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds (excluding transport category helicopters). Pilot examiners can now ...

BasicMed is the soon-to-be adopted medical ­certification standard for private pilots written into a new Part 68 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The FAA in January adopted the rules after a long, ...

The FAA has updated its BasicMed program, further expanding the operational limits on pilots, allowing them to operate larger aircraft and fly more passengers. The revisions were part of the FAA ...

Nearly 5,000 pilots licensed to operate in the US were investigated for allegedly falsifying medical records to hide conditions that could deem them unfit to fly, the Federal Aviation Administration ...

The FAA has released the requisite medical exam checklist and link to the AOPA online education course to enable pilots to take advantage of BasicMed.

The FAA’s “Pilot Minute” offers practical advice for speeding up medical certification. Pilots are urged to “preflight” their exams by collecting complete, legible documentation in advance. Each page ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $474,000 civil penalty against Frontier Airlines Inc., alleging the Denver company operated aircraft without required medical supplies on hundreds of ...