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The tax dollars the faa is ****ing away going after some of these people should just be rerouted into aeromedical budget so they can fix their enormous backlog with 8 month wait times.

it sounds like you really wouldn’t have an issue as long as there are no major health issues and have never been arrested for anything. You can get your instrument rating and private certificate with basic med too btw. You could even earn a commercial certificate with basic med. But in order to...

Which is why I never renewed my aopa membership and have convinced multiple friends to not renew theirs either. Aopa is useless

Since Covid everytime I’ve had a certified letter delivered to me it’s just left in the mailbox without my signature even if it was required by the sender.

I was under the Impression that when you convert/validate a non US pilot license to a US one that the medical certificate from the other country is what counted. “Remember that your FAA certificate will be based on your foreign license and that all limitation will apply such as night flying...

That’s because the FAA stated you had substance abuse. If you were in HIMS for substance dependence they would never release you.

That’s insane how someone without a substance abuse problem can go in to see a HIMS psychiatrist, tell them they do not have a problem and that psychiatrist uses that phrase to suggest they do in fact have a substance abuse problem. That BS line of questioning then goes into a report to suggest...

But then how else will all the practitioners that are fiends with FAA med officers going to get their money? Then the corrupt medical officers at the FAA won’t be able to get their kickbacks too.

Since you’ve already been deferred send in what you think will be best for your case. If it’s not sufficient they will come back and tell you what’s required of you. I hope that if you’re truly not alcohol dependent that the medical will be issued without having to go the HIMS route.

That’s how I read it too. He just reads way to fast thru everything and writes something that doesn’t make sense.

Interesting. The company that handles my randoms isn’t on that list.

Could you list some of them, or message me with some names? I only know of 2

The urine screenings test for an enzyme that ethanol breaks down into once metabolized call etg/ets. These can be detected in instances when people have just used hand sanitizer or eaten certain foods. If the lab uses to low of a cutoff on the screenings there have been many cases of false...

The faa forbids HIMS pilots from taking any “habit forming” medications.

It’s settled, I’d be a perfect faa doctor. Just need to start making life changing mistakes on complete strangers I will never actually meet.

They read every word yet there memos are loaded with major mistakes.

Depending on how extensive your drug tests are some medications such as NyQuil also contain diphenhydramine (Benadryl) which is also a big no no in HIMS so be careful of that in other otc medications as well.

Contact an aviation attorney before you do anything else (message me for a name). I’m hearing that the HIMS psychiatrists are now uploading their reports to huddle once it’s generated. If that’s the case you probably can’t see another psych. There are some really corrupt HIMS psychiatrists you...

The FAA calls it asking for “reconsideration”. It will go to a different reviewer at the agency and they will hopefully make a different recommendation than what the other person did resulting in your denial. You can hire an attorney or write the reconsideration letter yourself but you have a...

No worries. You just have to fork over a whole bunch of money to friends of FAA aeromedical wait between 1-2 years and wahlah! You have a piece of paper that says you are fit to fly! Probably the most seamless process in the world. The folks at the faa are just fantastic at their job and are in...