The FAA says that it will not automatically award pilot licenses to applicants who have had more than one gender in the past five years.  That is, if they have had a "sex change operation" in the past five years, the FAA says they may have to wait before being given a piloting license.  They can still apply for a piloting license if they have had their bodies cosmetically rearranged or artificially grown breasts in the past five years, but in that case, they have to fill out a gender dysphoria mental illness form to provide more information.  The form, to be filled out by a psychiatrist, asks whether the patient has "mental health concerns," has ever been in a mental hospital, and has ever tried to kill himself – all good questions to ask about mentally ill people who want to have pilot licenses, wouldn't you agree? The form doesn't indicate what would be disqualifying – if the applicant has mental illness, he might not be...(Read Full Post)