1: But Mitchell said aviation regulations only required a physical and not a psychiatric medical examination , looking at a potential pilot 's fitness to fly in terms of factors such as heart attack risk . 2: Those being examined were legally required to declare any mental disorder , but there was no standard psych testing from a regulatory point of view , he said , with airlines and industry bodies failing to reach consensus on types of tests to be used . 3: Aviation expert Simon Mitchell says regulations do not require formal psych testing .
1: a psychiatric medical examination 2: standard psych testing 3: formal psych testing