There's a lot of overdiagnosis of childhood ADHD ≈ unruly in class.
An adult who wants to fly may be ill advised to pursue a formal diagnosis of ADHD along with prescription medications.
We all have our own particular mental quirks. If after the usual amount of flying lessons, your instructor decides you have become a competent pilot and the examiner agrees, you have demonstrated the required mental fitness. There is a drop out rate, often because of finance, but also lack of ability.
There are of course those enough affected by ADHD that they require medication to function in daily life, who unfortunately will be found unfit to fly.
Some decades down the road, aviation authorities may find a way to approve medical fitness for pilots on ADHD medication as has been done for diabetes, successfully treated alcoholism and depression treated by drugs. Most of this evolution is driven by pilot unions looking to get members back to flying status. Practically speaking, onset of ADHD is likely non-existent in airline pilots and therefore unlikely to attract the attention of pilot unions
An adult who wants to fly may be ill advised to pursue a formal diagnosis of ADHD along with prescription medications.
We all have our own particular mental quirks. If after the usual amount of flying lessons, your instructor decides you have become a competent pilot and the examiner agrees, you have demonstrated the required mental fitness. There is a drop out rate, often because of finance, but also lack of ability.
There are of course those enough affected by ADHD that they require medication to function in daily life, who unfortunately will be found unfit to fly.
Some decades down the road, aviation authorities may find a way to approve medical fitness for pilots on ADHD medication as has been done for diabetes, successfully treated alcoholism and depression treated by drugs. Most of this evolution is driven by pilot unions looking to get members back to flying status. Practically speaking, onset of ADHD is likely non-existent in airline pilots and therefore unlikely to attract the attention of pilot unions