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Practice for FAA CogScreen-AE test battery.

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Full mid-year breakdown from an aeromedical perspective, with sources.

What's changing, what's proposed, and what the pilot community is flagging about special issuance delays right now.

https://t.co/5yp2HO9s3l

#FAA #PilotMedical #AviationMedicine #BasicMed

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Full step-by-step guide: every stage, every deadline, every decision point.

https://t.co/qQDRi8oTru

If you know a pilot who just got a denial and doesn't know where to start, send them this.

#AviationMedical #FAAMedical #CogScreen #PilotLife

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A CogScreen-related FAA medical denial is not a career verdict.

It is the start of an administrative process with multiple stages and real appeal rights.

Most pilots asking "what can I do?" are further from the end of the road than they think. 🧵

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The 60-day NTSB deadline runs from the date of final denial by the FAA Administrator.

A January 2025 NTSB order (EA-5992) clarified this. Informal AMCD letters that don't constitute a final denial don't start the clock.

Get a lawyer to confirm when yours started.

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Full mid-year breakdown from an aeromedical perspective, with sources.

What's changing, what's proposed, and what the pilot community is flagging about special issuance delays right now.

https://t.co/5yp2HO9s3l

#FAA #PilotMedical #AviationMedicine #BasicMed

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The FAA just said out loud that pilots should seek therapy.

That sentence is now in the official AME Guide. For an industry where the fear of getting help has grounded more careers than the conditions themselves, that's a real shift.

Here's what else changed in 2026: 🧵

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The Mental Health in Aviation Act cleared the Senate Commerce Committee in April.

If passed: more psychiatric AMEs, expanded approved meds, $1.5M/yr anti-stigma campaign.

Still working through Congress. Worth watching.

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Full post: where CogScreen came from, what each subtest actually measures, what the research shows, and where the legitimate debate is.

https://t.co/SAOAH2Xaja

#CogScreen #AviationMedical #FAAMedical #PilotLife

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Pilots ask constantly: why does the FAA use a computer test to evaluate aviators with tens of thousands of hours?

It is a fair question. Here is the actual answer, including the parts most explainers skip. 🧵

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Understanding the science changes your framing.

The test is not arbitrary. It measures cognitive functions that research has linked to cockpit performance.

Arriving with that context, rather than resentment, produces a different mental state going in. That state matters.