A bill to amend section 602 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study on certain age restrictions on individuals seeking to serve as pilots of aircraft and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Labor, to conduct a study regarding age restrictions for aircraft pilots to determine: (1) the effect of aging on the pilot's performance; (2) whether an age limitation is medically warranted; (3) whether the state of the art of medical testing is adequate to determine if individuals older than a particular age could continue to serve as pilots and still maintain the highest level of safety; and (4) whether the rules governing eligibility for, and rules governing the frequency of, first and second class medical certification and examination are adequate to determine an individual's physical condition. Requires the Director to report the results of such study to the Congress within one year.…