Pilots, Spill Health Secrets in FAA's Safety Survey?
Published Date: 1/13/2026
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Summary
The FAA wants to collect info from working pilots through a quick online survey about how they share medical details. This helps improve safety checks for pilots and flights. Pilots and airlines are involved, and the FAA is working with pilot groups to keep data safe and private. Comments on this plan are open until early February 2026, with no big costs expected.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Career Pilots: 10–25 Minute Survey
If you are a career Part 121 pilot, the FAA plans to ask you to complete a one-time online survey of about 50 questions that takes about 10–25 minutes. The agency estimates the total annual burden for the collection at 584 hours and says the survey will be used for safety risk assessment work.
Pilot Data Privacy Protections Planned
The FAA says it will address anonymity of the source, voluntary informed participation, aggregate-only reporting, and response evaluations, and will work with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to integrate recommendations on independent oversight and legal data protection for the study. These steps relate to how pilot survey data will be handled and protected.
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