OIG Is Accepting Written HIMS Testimony — Here’s How to Be Heard
The federal audit team says it is not currently able to schedule more interviews. But it has asked for written statements from the remaining participants—and P4HR is publishing the team’s direct contact information so your experience can go straight to the auditors.
Pilots for HIMS Reform has remained in direct contact with the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General team conducting its audit involving the FAA HIMS Program. We have repeatedly urged the auditors to hear from additional pilots and other people directly affected by the program.
Approximately 10 P4HR participants were interviewed earlier in the audit process. After those interviews, more people came forward. In our July correspondence, P4HR told the audit team that another 15 to 20 people had specifically signed up because they wanted an opportunity to share their firsthand experiences, and that more than 50 individuals in total had expressed a willingness to speak.
The OIG’s Response
On July 16, 2026, Senior Management and Program Analyst Alex Romero responded on behalf of the audit team. The OIG explained that, because of ongoing internal meetings and documentation reviews, the team was unable to schedule additional interviews at that time.
The audit team also said it could provide a secure link to upload statements to maintain anonymity and reminded P4HR that no individual will be identified in the final report.
We are disappointed that additional interviews are not presently being scheduled. Firsthand interviews allow investigators to ask follow-up questions, test details, and understand context in a way that a document alone sometimes cannot. But the auditors have provided another route into the record, and affected people should use it.
We Asked for a Central Submission Address
P4HR asked for a simple, dedicated email address that our coalition members could use for HIMS audit testimony. As of this update, we have not been provided a dedicated public HIMS-audit inbox.
Rather than hold submissions while waiting for one, we are publishing the direct email addresses of the audit team members already corresponding with P4HR. These are official @oig.dot.gov addresses appearing in the OIG correspondence.
Contact the HIMS Audit Team Directly
Alex S. Romero
Senior Management and Program Analyst
Alex.S.Romero@oig.dot.gov
Christopher S. Frank
DOT Office of Inspector General
Christopher.S.Frank@oig.dot.gov
Jeffrey Womack
DOT Office of Inspector General
Jeffrey.Womack@oig.dot.gov
Kurtis Reilley
DOT Office of Inspector General
Kurtis.Reilley@oig.dot.gov
Suggested subject line: HIMS Audit - Written Statement for OIG Review
If You Want to Use the OIG’s Secure Process
A simple request can say: “I would like to provide a written statement regarding the FAA HIMS Program and would like to use the secure submission method referenced by the audit team. Please provide me with the secure upload link.”
What Should You Put in Your Statement?
You do not need to write a legal brief. Investigators need facts they can understand, evaluate, and compare with other evidence.
- Identify the time period. When did your HIMS involvement begin, and how long did it continue?
- Explain what triggered the process. What event, diagnosis, referral, report, or decision placed you into HIMS?
- Identify who made the important decisions. Include names and roles when you know them.
- Describe the requirements imposed. Testing, evaluations, treatment, monitoring, special issuance conditions, meetings, reports, or other requirements.
- Explain what happened when evidence changed. Did doctors disagree? Were requirements reduced, increased, or left unchanged?
- Describe the consequences. Career impact, time away from flying, financial costs, family impact, treatment burden, or other concrete effects.
- Attach or identify supporting records when appropriate. Emails, letters, medical reports, monitoring instructions, testing requirements, FAA correspondence, or other documents that corroborate your account.
If your experience with HIMS was positive, that is relevant too. The purpose of an audit should be to understand how the system actually operates—not to collect only one side of the story.
Why Multiple Independent Accounts Matter
A nationwide program cannot be fairly understood from a handful of stories alone. If recurring practices exist, investigators are better positioned to identify them when multiple people independently describe the same thing and provide records supporting what happened.
That is why we do not want participants simply sending their stories to P4HR and assuming we can speak for them. Whenever possible, put your own experience directly before the federal audit team.
This Is a Window Into the Federal Record. Use It.
An OIG audit of HIMS is not an everyday occurrence. We do not know when the next opportunity for this level of independent federal scrutiny will come.
If you have relevant firsthand information, write it down. Be specific. Be factual. Support it with records where you can. And send it directly to the people conducting the audit.
Please share this article. Someone who has been waiting for the opportunity to speak may not know that written testimony is now the practical route available.