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Second Bascom. Good HIMS Psych and very reasonable price! I am also in MI. Good Luck!

Find someone else if it involves HIMS or an SI. He does not advocate for the airman and will continue to ask for more $$ to continue your case. Regular medical I’m sure it fine.

understood. Especially since I have not proven my case in the past 3.5 yrs. 5 more will just continue to be 5 more. Oh well - at least I have some time before renewal to figure *** out.

After growing up from 20 yrs old and not even getting a parking ticket for the last 16 years, being sober for 5.5 on my own will and peeing in a cup for the last 3.5 yrs, if they want to mandate AA at this point, I shall happily return my medical. 5 more years of pee and annual psych doesn’t...

Update 2020. I have been flying Part 121 with a great regional airline and complying with the Special Issuance. Unfortunately today I received an updated SI extending my HIMS stint for 5 more YEARS (I was scheduled to come off 8/2021), adding quarterly updates with HIMS AME, and also...

Get lots of rest and have nothing OTC in your system!! Cannot stress this enough from my journey. —> https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/hims-1st-class-medical-maze.121707/#post-2803951

Winston - see my post about how important rest is the night before and my recent trip(s) for these tests. Also, the Cogscreen alone was Dr. Kay’s thesis project that has evolved over the years and the FAA uses the test as validation (along with a long list of other tests) for dx but it is not...

oh do share the other 5 items! “In flight issue” is very intriguing!!

Also, correspondence is backed up by 2.5 weeks. My first class SI was authorized on Sept 26th but wasn’t typed and prepared until Oct 14th

The fact that the FAA has extended you the option of a SODA is a positive gesture and not one they give anyone. Trying to “fight” them to try and have them issue you an unrestricted medical is a lose lose in my opinion and you will only **** off DC or AMCD by doing that. I would heed...

Each provider is different especially with how detailed some write. 1-3 weeks is a valid and usual timeframe

The Authorization has a good through date. Usually a year or more out. The medical has a separate date “not valid for any class after xxxxx”. 2 separate items. There is a paragraph after the requirements section of the SI that allows the AME to authorize any class of medical if so qualified. If...

Correct - 1st and 2nd require the neurocog battery for drug/alcohol HIMS. Also for some other special issuance cases.

Haha Whoops!! I have a Dec training date with Air Wisconsin. Just reapplied to SkyWest (need 1st class medical in hand to interview and I interviewed too early last year ) and ExpressJet today. Skywest is the first choice since myself and significant other want to move to Denver!

Basically competent, sure. True on the oversight on the neuro stuff but that lead to a whole different doo doo pile. However, not an advocate and pricing himself out of medicine. The last 3 months - I made the calls, finding out the “next steps / requirements” before the mail arrived and finding...

I am in Michigan so the Great Lakes office is my home regional office. The deputy RFS I met was from the Central region. He is the only FAA rep that actually took the time to look at my case and help push it through the wait times because he understood what a mess it was becoming for no reason...

Hahah! That looks like Dr. ****** at the FAA who managed my case and me extremely worn out after a 9 month fight.

Absolutely! Copy & share away!

At this point I scheduled a 1st class medical exam with my HIMS AME so he can defer it to OKC so they have a fresh one on file for when this cluster mess gets resolved. Exam - $350 (now I require an EKG being 35+) Also – Another $850 to continue my HIMS case since the $1500 initially paid was...

Grab the popcorn ~~ Here is a little insight into the medical certification maze. As many people recommend on here, I would strongly recommend that you have an AME that will advocate for you as an airman and that the AME is fluent in any type of medical certification issue that you may have...