With more and more evidence coming out about the COVID Masks causing cognitive loss, it's become apparent that any FAA Psychologist that required a pilot to wear a Masks while taking the Cogscreen committed an overt and blatent act of Malpractice in order to garner a fail from the pilot to hold them hostage in FAA HIMS Medical Purgatory.
Evidence shows that the masks cause a shift in blood gases towards hypercapnia (increase in CO2) and hypoxia (decrease in O2), detailed under general physiological effects (Section 3.1), masks also restrict the cognitive abilities of the individual (measured using a Likert scale survey) accompanied by a decline in psycho-motoric abilities and consequently a reduced responsiveness (measured using a linear position transducer) as well as an overall reduced performance capability (measured with the Roberge Subjective Symptoms-during-Work Scale) [29,32,38,39,41]. The mask also causes an impaired field of vision (especially affecting the ground and obstacles on the ground) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8072811/ Causing the pilots to have an artifically "congnatively slow" response to the test.
Another study published Exhaled CO2 builds up between the mask and face, and increased levels of CO2 cause confusion, impaired cognition, and disorientation [4].
A hot and humid environment found in the facial region covered by masks, causes discomfort and hyperthermia. This may create a situation where the healthcare professional is unable to recognize dangers and perform manual tasks, and it also significantly affects motor skills [4]. https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/jide/journal-of-infectious-diseases-and-epidemiology-jide-6-130.php?jid=jide
and that mask mandates can cause major health consiquences https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-harm-caused-by-masks
“The data showed masks were more likely to decrease performance in situations where there was a demanding mental task with a high working memory load. This is something to keep in mind for occupations in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as well as other professions that demand a high level of working memory such as language interpreters, performers, waiters, and teachers.” https://scitechdaily.com/the-hidden-cost-of-face-masks-study-shows-negative-impact-on-cognitive-performance/#google_vignette
As for Pilots being heald hostage by HIMS and individual HIMS practitioner, Prominent aviation attorney Joe LoRusso of https://www.ramoslaw.com/our-team/attorneys/joseph-lorusso/ points this out on "The Pilot's Pandemic" podcast episode 39. https://anchor.fm/thepilotspandemic/episodes/39-Joe-LoRusso-Aviation-Attorney--Discussing-Flawed-Aeromedical-Policies-e1jcgbd
Key points that LoRusso stated were that the HIMS Program is "garbage" 4 min 50 sec, pilots are wrongly put in the HIMS program 8 Min 30 Sec,
9:00 reporting process is extremely draconian, all someone has to do is accuse and the pilot is red flagged without any actual evidence to support the red flag. Not even blood testing is done. But the pilot is forced to go to a HIMS doctor 9 min, and 13:50 pilot is being held hostage for his entire flight career in the HIMS Program. Airlines especially Delta throw Pilots into the HIMS program to hold them hostage which state the pilots are essentially property of the airline that threw them into the HIMS program.
You read this correct, not only does the FAA HIMS program forces pilots into the unconstitutional action of not only being held hostage to the HIMS program, but are forced keep using the same HIMS AMEs and Specialists every single time, no second opinion for as long as they desire to fly. 31 min 45 sec Not only is this a failure of The FAA oversight to prevent malpractice, it has the exact opposite effect and in fact this absolutely incentivizes these quacks to keep "finding problems with pilots" which in turn is a financial gravy train for these quacks. This is especially true if the quacks are either partners in or receive kickbacks from rehab centers. 33 min 25 sec 95% of Joe's clients are pilots that have been duped into the HIMS program, HIMS negatively affects the pilot. Also there is no good reason why those pilots tagged with ADHD as children by the public schools who have no criminal record of alcohol or substance dependence should have to go see a HIMS specialist and then be held hostage by said HIMS specialist.
It's not just Joe LoRusso stating that pilots are held hostage by HIMS Practitioners, Gary Crump the director of the AOPA Pilot Information Center Medical Certification Section stated that Pilots often have no choice in choosing their HIMS AME but "are joined at the hip" and it would take an act of Congress to allow a pilot to change HIMS AMEs and specialists. 35 min 29 sec https://youtu.be/iNWhpl4DtmA?t=2128 Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Susan Northrup MD then stated that the process is being made "easier" to change HIMS AMEs but "requires negotiations" which is an intentionally vague answer.
These quacks knew of the adverse effects of the masks and intentionally hid the data, even calling out early reports of the adverse effects as "fake news" this is outright malpractice and these quacks need to be held accountable for their actions including, loss of licenses, along with criminal and civil consequences for their malpractice.