Naturally, there is no such requirement as well for recreational drone pilots. The Part 107 rules do not require any medical certificate for an applicant before they can be granted a Part 107 remote pilot certificate. If the physical and mental condition of the drone pilot is so important, does this also mean that a drone pilot needs to have a medical certificate on hand? In the absence of a medical certificate, what is the minimum level of mental and physical fitness that the FAA expects of drone pilots? Do drone pilots need a medical certificate to fly professionally or recreationally? After all, drone pilots need to have a keen sense of awareness of their surroundings and must be able to react quickly enough to avoid untoward incidents. Much like putting a blind man in the driver’s seat of a car, it’s easy to imagine the danger of allowing a person with certain physical and mental deficiencies to fly a drone.
Instead, the FAA relies on drone pilots to do a self-assessment on their physical and mental conditions, and to determine if they are fit enough to fly a drone according to a few guidelines.
No, drone pilots do not need any sort of medical certificate.
