XYLA FOXLIN TACKLES THE FAA! Fighting for Pilot's Medical Rights

SocialFlight Live & Cockpit2Cowl by Jeff Simon

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Xyla Foxlin is a mechatronics engineer, a pilot, and creator who developed a high-power rocketry kit designed for Level 1 & 2 certification flights, has her own signature line of Estes rocket kits coming out, builds everything from campers to boats, and the most important project, of course, is the Pietenpol she is building from raw lumber based on the original 1929 blueprints. While that aircraft is under construction, she keeps airborne in her 1946 Cessna 140. Foxlin has also emerged as a national voice for pilot mental health. After losing her FAA medical for seeking therapy, she led a campaign challenging regulations that deter aviators from seeking medical care. Following the release of her video "The FAA is in Crisis”, over 3,300 messages to 442 legislators were delivered. The Mental Health in Aviation Act was introduced in the House in ... 

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