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I believe Huddle is the web portal that HIMS AME's use for HIMS case submissions.

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Dr Bruce could probably be of better help if he knew exactly what the "alcohol issue" was. "No DUIs" doesn't really tell him much. May want to reach out to him off the forums.

Yes I did finally receive it. After 6 months of "In Review", they sent me a request for information that took me 2 months to get. Upon sending that to them, it was another month before they issued it.

The important thing is that the FAA certainly feels that it qualifies for HIMS. If they didn't, you'd have either been issued or denied. However, they sent you a letter outlining a path for you to follow with a HIMS AME. This pretty much means you will be issued, so long as your HIMS AME feels...

Geez you make it sound as if the airman has committed some sort of a heinous crime. I seem to recall this from Brad Z:

14 CFR 61.23(c)(3) includes BasicMed

Did you even read the article I attached? Some insurance companies recognize BM as fulfilling the requirement of a "medical certificate". It's important to know exactly how your insurance provider defines the term "medical certificate".

But how do they define "medical certificate"? Some insurance companies recognize BM as fulfilling the requirement of a "medical certificate". It's important to know exactly how your insurance provider defines the term "medical certificate"...

I seem to recall this from our resident FAA guy, Brad Z:

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Someone here once said if HIMS were required for all aero medical applicants, someone would be rewriting the regs real quick.

Some will switch to BasicMed for economic reasons, but keep the random testing in place. @bbchien has one such patient. There are ways to go about HIMS to BasicMed while still ensuring at least partial compliance (like still requiring testing for instance) so that those wishing for a financial...

How would the FAA interpret "falling out of sobriety"? Would the alcoholic have to resume drinking? Or would they make a legal presumption that the alcoholic fell from sobriety due to transitioning off of HIMS to BasicMed (as if to say your sobriety is presumed to have ended when you...

Sorry I misspoke. Not the MedXpress itself, but the underlying exam. As long as the underlying exam still has standing (the exam would have standing for 2 years from date of exam for airman ages 40+ on a 3rd class medical application), the FAA considers the airman to be "actively seeking a new...

In the Domingo letter, it states - It can very easily be argued that, while your most recent MedXpress application still has standing, and a new special issuance medical certificate can be issued against that MedXpress application, that you are "in the process of seeking a new special issuance...

Also, and this is where your "3 months and you're done" logic wouldn't work...in order to maintain BasicMed eligibility, I believe you have to remain on a SI medical certificate until your most recent MedXpress application no longer has standing. For 3rd class medical certificates, MedXpress...

It's far different for airline pilots. They cannot fly BasicMed at all since they carry far more than 5 pax. They can also get their HIMS medicals processed faster due to having an internal HIMS program within the airline itself. But 3rd class HIMS SI medicals take forever to get. First you...

There is A LOT more that an alcoholic has to do before they're even granted the SI Authorization and medical certificate. A LOT more. You have to convince the FAA docs that you are deep into your recovery. By the time an alcoholic 3rd class airman gets his SI Authorization, he's been in recovery...

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