P4HR at Oshkosh
Pilots for HIMS Reform Is Going to Oshkosh
We want to hear from you — and we want to bring your questions with us.
Pilots for HIMS Reform will be present at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and we are going with a clear purpose: to listen, to document, to connect, and to continue pushing for transparency, fairness, and accountability in the FAA aeromedical certification system.
Oshkosh is more than an aviation gathering. It is one of the few places where pilots, advocates, industry leaders, medical professionals, regulators, and policymakers may all be present in the same environment. For P4HR, that creates an important opportunity to bring real-world pilot concerns directly into the conversation.
FAA Aeromedical Forum at AirVenture
The FAA Safety Team has published an AirVenture 2026 forum titled “Navigating Aeromedical Certification.”
The forum is listed for Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM CDT at the FAA Safety Center/EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. The published description says the forum will address aeromedical certification, preparation for flight physicals, Special Issuance topics, FAA medical acronyms, documentation, and how the FAA approaches aeromedical cases.
That matters. These are the very issues pilots continue to raise with P4HR: unclear standards, shifting expectations, long delays, costly monitoring, lack of transparency, inconsistent decision-making, and difficulty understanding what the FAA actually requires in order to move forward.
We are especially interested in questions the aviation community wants raised with FAA aeromedical leadership, including Dr. Susan Northrup, Dr. Brett Wyrick, Dr. Penny Giovanetti, and other officials involved in medical certification policy and HIMS oversight.
Whether those questions are asked during public forums, informal conversations, written follow-up, congressional engagement, or future oversight efforts, we want to arrive prepared with the real concerns pilots are facing across the system.
We want your questions.
If you have a question you believe FAA aeromedical leadership should answer, send it to P4HR. We are collecting questions from pilots, air traffic controllers, family members, AMEs, medical professionals, attorneys, advocates, and others affected by the current system.
We are particularly interested in questions about HIMS monitoring, Special Issuance delays, psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluations, PEth and drug testing issues, documentation standards, return-to-duty barriers, due process, cost burden, appeal rights, and exit criteria.
Help Us Go to Oshkosh With the Right Questions
P4HR does not want to speak only from theory. We want to speak from documented experience. That means hearing from the people who have lived through the system: the pilots waiting months or years for decisions, the families absorbing the financial and emotional burden, the professionals concerned about fairness and medical integrity, and the advocates working to bring sunlight to a process that too often operates behind closed doors.
If you are attending Oshkosh, we would also like to hear from you. We may be able to meet with members, supporters, affected pilots, and others who want to discuss reform, documentation, oversight, and next steps. Even brief conversations can help us better understand what pilots are experiencing and what questions need to be asked.
Suggested Question Areas
Examples of questions members may want answered include:
- What objective standards determine when a pilot is considered recovered, stable, or safe to return?
- What specific data supports prolonged or indefinite HIMS monitoring?
- What is the FAA doing to reduce certification delays in psychiatric, neuropsychological, and HIMS-related cases?
- Why are pilots often required to repeat costly evaluations when prior evidence is favorable?
- What clear exit criteria exist for pilots in long-term monitoring?
- How does the FAA ensure HIMS providers remain independent and free from conflicts of interest?
- What appeal or review process exists when a pilot believes FAA medical conclusions are unsupported by the record?
- When will the FAA publish meaningful HIMS outcome data, including costs, timelines, relapse rates, completion rates, and monitoring extensions?
These questions are not hostile. They are necessary. A medical certification system that affects careers, families, and public safety should be able to explain its standards, its evidence, its timelines, and its oversight mechanisms clearly.
P4HR remains pro-safety, pro-medicine, pro-accountability, and pro-due process. We believe aviation safety is strengthened when pilots are treated fairly, when medical decisions are evidence-based, and when agencies are willing to engage directly with the people affected by their policies.
Reach out before Oshkosh.
Send us your questions, your concerns, your documentation themes, and whether you plan to attend. We want to know what you want asked, what you want answered, and what you believe FAA aeromedical leadership needs to hear.
Email us at p4hr@pilotsforhimsreform.org
Oshkosh gives the aviation community a rare chance to be visible. P4HR intends to use that opportunity responsibly, professionally, and firmly.
We are going to Oshkosh.
We want to hear from you.
And we want to bring your questions with us.
Related Event Listing
FAA Safety Team — AirVenture 2026 Forum: Navigating Aeromedical Certification