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OH SNAP. Spoke with Cindy in OKC just now who said my SI and 3rd class went out in the mail TODAY. She's also faxing them to me. (EDIT: I now have them in hand. SWEET!) SI is valid through 2026-06-30 and is good for 3rd class certificates that are time-limited to no more than 6 months. For...

HOLY SCHNEIKES. I check the "airman registry" from time to time to see if that has been updated with any sort of medical information before I may receive it in the mail (and before I hear about it on my weekly call to OKC). Normally I see "No medical information available" or something like...

Bah. I feel I'm getting jerked around. Told myself a few months ago, after talking with the RFS, that I'd call OKC once/week on Thursdays. Today, I spoke with David (with DJW, donchaknow) who told me (to paraphrase) "well, it looks like they're gettin' you finished up here pretty soon" to which...

At a meeting last night, a visitor shared that they had "just flown in with the chief pilot of my company and the CEO" which suggested to me that he was a pilot. Maybe. After the meeting, I introduced myself, asked if he was a pilot (yes) and mentioned my issues with obtaining a 3rd class...

This might be the understatement of the year!

This is an FAA policy, 61.23(3)(i), unless you're going for a sport pilot license (and a medical certificate is not required).

If you’ve already applied for a medical, then all you can do is wait to see how much documentation and how many hoops the FAA will require. If you haven’t yet applied, gather all of the documentation you can related to your arrest and anything about your sobriety and recovery. What I can tell...

Well that was infuriating to watch.

Random anecdote from someone who has received a legitimate DUI and has also been pulled over for suspicion of DUI but has also driven away from that interaction. I had just seen a documentary the day before about highway safety (I'm a docunerd) and there was a big section on how much research...

Where do I stand? Still waiting in FAA medical limbo but have hope that it'll come soon. While in the medical waiting room, I continue to fly every two weeks or so, just practicing. Yesterday it was specific work. I've been doing some directed studying for the written and had never really paid...

I'm a student pilot, waiting on an FAA medical (see longer discussion here, if interested). I recently joined a local flying club with two 172/180 available at $60/hr (wet). I'd like to find someone I could tag along with there but the challenge is that the club has meetings once/month and...

I'm not an expert so I can't tell you you're okay or not. I'm only willing to say that you should talk to an expert. Did you report the incident like @AggieMike88 wrote? If not, that seems like a great way to ruin your medical. Also, nobody plans on another charge. Just see that you don't get...

This was my experience with the "full battery" at the neuropsychologist. I think the FAA also requires that Dr. Neuro have your full FAA medical file before they can write their report so if you haven't started that process, get on it. It could take months before the FAA can process that file...

DO NOT get another alcohol or drug-related incident, regardless of whether or not it is a moving violation. If you have >= 2 "incidents" in your life, the FAA may consider you "dependent" and then the hoops will really start. If you end up with >= 2 incidents, CAMI will claim "dependence"...

Nothing encouraging to add here other than welcome to the club! Waiting is about all we can do at this point. Putting your patience cap on is the best way to handle anything related to the medical process in OKC. I initially applied on July 6 2020. Hoping my SI comes before then but betting it...

Even Motley Crue knew this!

Out of curiosity, when were you originally granted an SI? Can I ask what were the original requirements of that SI? Did it just include the HIMS psych evals and aftercare?

2021-06-09 Having patience won't prevent me from calling to see if I can glean anymore information other than "your application is still in review" but that's all Karen at CAMI in OKC could give me this morning, about two weeks after I spoke to Lawrence at the RFS. Would be great if this thing...

I'm in the same FAA Medical Certification limbo as you. Should have soloed at ~15 hours but lack of certification has kept me from soloing. As a result, I've knocked out everything necessary, except the solo work, and have ~41 hours of dual. My CFI and I still go up every 2 weeks or so to keep...

Really crappy flight tonight. Given I'm stuck in FAA medical certification limbo, I'm only flying every other week and had to cancel my last lesson because I was out of town. As a result, it had been a month since my last flight and this afternoon I was just flying like complete crap. Couldn't...