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International Outreach and Training Services

Recognized globally for its commitment to safety, the FAA helps the world’s aviation community build and maintain safety in order to strengthen the flying public’s trust. We do that in part through our extensive outreach and training programs for foreign civil aviation authorities, air navigation service providers, regional safety oversight offices, and others. Working together, we can ensure that the international aviation network provides the maximum safety and benefits for the traveling public and the citizens of the world.

Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Report No:DOT/FAA/AM-22/10

Title and Subtitle: Pilot Medical Certification Period Health State Forecasts

Report Date: September 2022

Authors: F. Bradbury; G. Chesterton; S. Chin; K. Sarkhel; D. Slater; Z. Slater; B. Wellner. All authors from The MITRE Corporation

Abstract: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aerospace Medicine supports research to use available healthcare data to inform policies regarding pilots' medical certifications. The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced System Development (MITRE CAASD) was asked to examine methods in advanced data analytics and machine learning (ML) to inform such risk-based decision-making. As an initial step in assessing the potential predictive value of commercially available healthcare data, the FAA provided MITRE CAASD the IBM MarketScan dataset—a large set of commercial healthcare claims records. Using this dataset, we developed methods for identifying health status and changes in health status across conditions; for measuring changes in health status among enrollees with diabetes mellitus (DM); and for measuring the onset of new cases of DM, traumatic brain injury, sleep apnea, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We developed a repeatable workflow and modeled these conditions using a wide range of ML methods. We conclude that ML-based predictive modeling of health conditions from IBM MarketScan data is feasible and informative. However, additional clinical information from commercially available electronic health records would likely improve accuracy and more closely align with future FAA needs.

Key Words: Aviation medicine, safety and health, medical claims data

No. of Pages: 39

Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)

Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) is a small single runway airport located near the southeast rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The airspace north of the airport's Class Delta airspace is highly regulated and restricted. Flying to GCN requires detailed pre-flight planning to become familiar with the rules and requirements to operate in and around the surrounding areas. View a printable Pilot Handbook of the GCN information found on this Web page.

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