Pilots, Rate Your Flight Doc Experience for FAA?
Published Date: 12/29/2025
Notice
Summary
The FAA wants to keep asking pilots how happy they are with the medical certification services that make sure they’re fit to fly. They’re inviting everyone to share thoughts by January 22, 2026, to help improve these services without adding extra hassle. This survey affects pilots and helps the FAA keep air travel safe and smooth.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Biennial Electronic Airman Survey
If you are an airman who sought a medical certificate within two years, the FAA will invite about 5,700 airmen to complete an electronic satisfaction survey every two years. Each response is estimated to take about 15 minutes (the collection totals about 1,425 burden hours annually) and the FAA says the survey will be used to inform improvements in Aeromedical Certification Services; comments on the information collection are due January 22, 2026.
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