The Nation - News from March 28, 1986

Prospective airline pilots would be more rigorously scrutinized for heart disease and its associated risk factors, such as smoking and obesity, under a set of medical standards released by the American Medical Assn. in Chicago. The new standards, the first major revision of medical standards for civilian pilots since 1959, also called for relaxing vision requirements. The changes are subject to approval by the Federal Aviation Administration.