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Jan 22, 2025 – Federal Air Surgeon Bans Virtual Assessments
Limited Application for Return Visits Still Allowed
The FAA instructed the aviation psychiatrists during academic meetings in April 2021 that in-office, in-person evaluations were the gold standard for assessment of first-time clients.
With air travel re-opening and vaccines available, the FAA believed in 2021 that the grounds for remote assessments had diminished.
I agreed with that stance and performed my last virtual evaluation in December 2020, right as COVID-19 vaccines became widely available.
The FAA’s January 22, 2025 memorandum places into writing the verbal guidance first given in 2021. You can download and read the memo if you want more information.
Dr. Kirk knows the FAA and the FAA knows Dr. Kirk
Dr. Kirk, a HIMS evaluator since 2012, sends nearly 300 reports to the FAA every year. Dr. Kirk adheres to the FAA’s high standards of a forensic-quality report and an in-person evaluation for every new case.
No Case Too Big, No Case Too Small
Dr. Kirk works with:
- all Part 121 carriers, their pilots, and their unions
- the corporate medical departments at two legacy airlines
- high school students ready for aviation colleges
- ATCs
- and everybody in between
Dr. Kirk’s Specialties in Aviation
- service-connected disability assessments for military pilots
- legally or medically complicated drug and alcohol cases
- current or past antidepressant use in pilots
- current or past mental health conditions leading to FAA scrutiny
- legal problems leading to FAA scrutiny
- DOT violations
- complex medical problems causing mental health symptoms
- tipline allegations
- fitness for duty assessments for pilot unions
- fitness for duty assessments for corporate medical departments
- high school and young adult pilots applying to aviation colleges
- ATC evaluations
Need a HIMS Team?
Dr. Kirk works with the nation’s leading HIMS AMEs and HIMS Neuropsychologists. If you don’t have a team yet, Dr. Kirk can help you assemble the best. If you’re already connected, Dr. Kirk has probably already worked with your other aviation professionals.
SCHEDULE A VISIT
It works better if we have discussed your case by a free online screening or sending a general email before you make an appointment. You’ll hear back from me the same day/next day depending on the time of your registration or email.
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Days with open appointments appear with a black numeral.
YOU CANNOT SCHEDULE A RETURN VISIT USING THE ONLINE CALENDAR
Fees
A four-hour retainer ($1440) is required to reserve an appointment. This is a partial payment against the total costs for your case. Most cases get billed at a total of between 10 and 11 hours.
Click the More About Fees button for more info about costs, refunds, cancellations, and how the retainer is used.
Using the appointment calendar only requests an appointment. After you request an appointment, you will be redirected to a payments page.
You do not have a confirmed appointment until paying the retainer and receiving a detailed confirmation email.