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Glad I can help. Additional bit of advice. Remember that your psychiatrist and the FAA are speaking different language when they use the terms "alcohol dependence", "alcohol abuse", and "substance use disorder". The standards used for diagnosing mental health issues by everyone but the FAA is...

AOPA isn't going to be of any real help. If you used insurance to pay for the psychiatrist they had to submit the claims through electronic billing. The insurance reimburses based on the ICD-10 codes that are transmitted in the electronic claim. Insurance will only pay for medically necessary...

Basically this. HIMS is really a 121/135 operation program. It has been modified for GA pilots, but 3rd class medicals are more like HIMS-lite. In the 121 world the airline has a lot of say in what a pilot participating in HIMS can use as an acceptable recovery program. It's a team approach...

First, the present... 14 CFR 61.15 lays out part of your DUI reporting requirements. If you held any certificate (including student pilot which has no expiration date) during each of these arrests AND a "motor vehicle action" (see 14 CFR 61.15(c)) occurred a report is required. In most cases 2...

You need a 2nd class to exercise Commercial privileges and a 1st class to exercise ATP privileges. If you're seriously considering flying for a living it's wise to make sure you qualify for the appropriate medical. If you're not serious it's an unnecessary risk. You're risking getting denied on...

Start whatever testing you can get on as soon as possible. Options for alcohol are ETG or PEth. ETG is typically a urine screen although it can also utilize hair, nail, or blood as matrices for various lookback periods. PEth is typical blood, but can also utilize hair and nail matrices. If you...

It's not a medical determination. It's a REGULATORY determination and the regs are well spelled out and published, thus negating your due process argument. It's simple. 14 CFR 67.107. He has to meet one of the following and then he has a substance abuse problem: (1) Use of a substance in a...

You just made my point. It's not that they're speeding. It's all those other things and they just happened to be speeding at the time. He would have been flying an airliner at 13:30, and he most certainly would have been hung over. So the hill you want to die on is defending a professional...

It's not even remotely the same death rate. If you want to compare rates you have to compare the # of measured incidents against the # of the measured population of interest. Go drive in any major city at 5:15pm on an Interstate. EVERYONE is driving 10-15 above the limit and no one is dying...

How do you know the CBD cream doesn't have any THC? You may not be drug tested for work there's plenty of other ways you get a drug test. Have a runway excursion during landing and the FAA asks for a test? Get pulled over and the officer thinks you're under the influence? etc... Do yourself a...

The best advice here is to contact Dr. Chien and see if he's interested in taking on your case. Ignore all the doom and gloom telling you to spend $10k on a lawyer and that an AME "works for the FAA" and they're just itching to rat you out. If you pay an AME for their medical opinion and...

Better question for some of the Sr. AMEs that are more familiar. I will say that it's not uncommon in mental health to withhold psychiatric records from the patient. The issue I can think of with the FAA is that psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluations are forensic examinations. The...

The short answer is yes. The process of applying for a medical and reviewing your medical records officially constitutes an "investigation". You will be provided with a written summary of your rights under the Pilot's Bill of Rights (Public Law 1 12-153) in communications from the FAA. Not...

1. Dr. Chien said to do it. 2. There's potentially more in your medical file than just the documents and applications you have submitted. You need to know what the FAA is looking at when they're evaluating you so you can be proactive and respond appropriately.

Check the "certified" box when you request them. The additional cost is negligible and you'll receive a notarized copy that would be used for legal purposes. The FAA refers to it as the "blue ribbon" copy. It's cheap insurance to get the most complete copy you can get your hands on.

No, you're uninformed. Alcohol dependence is very clearly defined and the FARs definitely went through the NPRM process. Go read 14 CFR 67.107(a)(4)(ii) : " “Substance dependence” means a condition in which a person is dependent on a substance, other than tobacco or ordinary...

You're not a victim. You drank to excess and drove a vehicle. You ARE CFR defined alcohol dependent due to increased tolerance. Go read 14 CFR 67.107, Unless you can prove prolonged sobriety and recovery activities you're not going to get medically certified. The DSM has nothing to do with your...

Pick a different hobby. Just asking about how you can avoid regulatory requirements is enough to refuse any further advise.

Directly answering your question..... Medical insurance will only cover procedures which are deemed "medically necessary". This means the procedure is either treating a known condition or diagnosing an unknown condition. In your case you have numerous conditions listed in your medical record...

They can refuse to accept the surrender if it's an attempt to avoid certificate action or if there is an ongoing investigation. There's some info in FAA Order 8500.1D and more recently in 2150.3C. There's also a case where an airman that holds a medical certificate that has been "affirmed". A...