From past threads, this is a short summary of what might be expected.
- A $6000 to $10,000 budget to pay for they various things the FAAwill require of you.
- A neuro cognative psychological screen of extreme depth that only a very few HIMS psychologists can administer, paid for out of your pocket
- Direct sponsorship with a Senior HIMS AME, to whom you report to frequently and to whom you must demonstrate you are doing what is required to earn the medical certificate. There are very, very few of these AME’s, so plan onfrequent travel to see the one who is working your case.
- 90 days of intensive alcohol dependency treatment.
- 100% sobriety and abstinence from all alcohol. Wine with girlfriend and beer with buddies is now verboten,
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- Documented attendance with alcohol dependency meetings
- Many, many random pee in the cup whiz quizzes
- And much, much more.
The big thing to get any medical certification effort launched is that you need to obtain the sponsorship of the Senior HIMS AME. While there are many "regular" AME's in the land, the number of HIMS AMES's are much fewer. And you need to find one close enough to you so that when he contacts you for the random whiz quiz, you can appear before him before any deadline expires. And from I've seen discussed on this topic in the past, rack up too many missed appointments and all you have worked on to date goes away and you must restart from the beginning.
I will add that I am just a bystander who is just a teensy bit more informed than the completely uninformed. I very much defer to the Doctors Lou and Bruce who are our two participating Senior AME's.
Finally, I wouldn't discuss your case too much further in any public forums. Just get the information of who you need to speak with to get started, then go see them and .... get started.
and could get a EASA First Class Medical and fly there instead. So another option is to train and fly in Europe until 10 years have passed (basically by the time I'm done training and working my low hours jobs), if it might result in the process being easier. In addition, by starting in Europe I could have more time to document my sobriety and make the application easier.
I fail to see how obtaining a medical certificate with a history of DUI is going to be any easier outside of the United States. Until you know the actual standards, practices, and methods of certification with a significant alcohol event in your history, I would refrain from saying the process is "easier"
But, if you think it is, then with what I quoted are you asking for our permission to go do that? Or what?
But if you want to be a pilot for recreation in the United States, or one day achieve your ATP and fly for revenue, you will need to prove to the FAA that it is more about what is going on between your ears than what is going into your mouth and gullet.