Lax FAA Rules For Balloon Pilots Cited in Deadly Lockhart Crash

By Texas Standard

Published October 18, 2017 at 2:49 PM CDT

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The National Transportation Safety Board says the FAA should require commercial balloon pilots to pass medical exams and submit to drug tests.