U.S. officials began investigating cases of thousands of civilian pilots suspected of hiding illnesses that would make aviation workers unfit for later flights. This has been reported Washington post.
According to the publication, we are talking about veterans who did not inform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about the disability benefits they received. This is what leads to a violation of United States law.
According to WP, most of these pilots have commercial licenses, but a few hundred are licensed to work on passenger airlines.
In response, the FAA representative explained that the air regulator is examining the cases of about 4.8 thousand pilots. It was these pilots who allegedly gave false or false information about themselves. It is known that about half of these cases have already been closed. About 60 pilots who threatened aviation security were instructed to stop flights while their documents were checked.
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