Pilots were receiving disability benefits for the exact conditions they were allegedly trying to conceal.
Federal authorities are investigating nearly 5,000 U.S. pilots who may have lied about medical issues that could prevent them from flying, according to reports.
The pilots in question are all military veterans, and were collecting veteran disability benefits for the very conditions they allegedly tried to conceal. Veterans Affairs investigators have been looking into this for two years after inconsistencies were discovered while cross-checking federal databases, the Washington Post said. But the details have been kept private for the most part.
Lehner said the FAA has closed about half of those cases, and ordered about 60 pilots who"posed a clear danger to aviation safety" to cease flying until further review of their cases.
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