Federal Flight Surgeon Addresses Mental Health Progress, Special Issuance Delays

A standard, unfounded statement by those who exaggerate the issue for personal gain. I have been around my fellow pilots and aircraft designers from all backgrounds since the early 1970s and such instances are very rare. If anything, opening the door for pilots with past mental issues, as the FAA does today, invites the problems. And women - they have been in aviation since its earliest times, in the cockpit and elsewhere. That too is a non-issue among real pilots - airplanes are designed to be flown by man or woman, as far as I know. There is no “glass ceiling” in aviation, never has been. But not everything is fair in life, get over it and move on.