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Depends on nature of your deferral and reason for denial. I’m 2 years in myself. Yes, it’s a pain. Yes, the system doesn’t make a lot of sense and it’s super frustrating. Any details on your specific case?

Lots of trolls here, welcome!

Agreed, get rest. It will be a long morning to early afternoon. Bring a snack. I didn’t take a break, but that might have helped.

I’m in a similar boat. I’m having to run through all sorts of hoops for a class 3 deferral followed by denial with reconsideration upon meeting several FAA requirements. Been 2 years as of this month in the deferral process. I intend to meet all the requirements for SI then go to basic med as...

I have a buddy that works for SWA that went to that same deal. It’s 3 months ONCE it gets into the hands of the reviewer. Still closer to a year total wait for GA pilots. Closer to 6 months for airline pilots. Good luck!

Follow up question. I’m expecting, hoping for an SI in the next 8-12 months related to SSRI use for anxiety and alcohol substance use. I’m at the final stages for re-applying for SI through my HIMS AME. Assuming I get my SI, can I immediately move to basic? I want to look at getting off of the...

The regulations and processes are clearly, IMHO, confusing and nonsensical. I’d be interested in hearing definitive feedback. It’s confusing because, as I understand it, you can have conditions and medications that disqualify you from holding/being issued a class 3, but are not an issue for...

Keep in mind, just because anxiety or low lever depression doesn’t mean automatic SI, it still means 1-2 years in deferral process. If I were in your shoes and wanting to still fly solo, I’d go basic med.

Everything but the 500+ questionnaire at the end!

If the FAA denies SI after this round, I certainly will. It doesn’t breed a lot of trust when they hide the scores for test they require you to take if you want your medical and after $6K in testing total. Thanks!

Does anyone know why the testers don’t allow the testee to see the actual scoring results of the Cog screen testing? I had to take a test for SSRI use a year ago and was required again by the FAA due to the prescribing SSRI Dr. stating I had “alcohol dependence.” I also had to do the ADHD...

As you’ll find on this thread, find a good AME/HIMS AME familiar with the process and who can guide you through it. As much as I hate the saying “it’s the FAA’s sandbox so play by their rules or get out of it…,” it’s true and you want everything submitted correctly and timely the first time...

I recently took the full battery of Cog screens including the ADHD protocol…no idea why I had to do the ADHD one as I’ve never been diagnosed with it. Long story short, expect to spend between $3K to $5K depending on where you’re located and the exams take about 4-5 hours depending on if you...

I honestly didn’t know that. I can tell you that I’m paranoid every time I’m behind some car with smoke billowing out and reeks of pot that I’ll get some false positive and be forced to start over.

Yes, diagnosed. So that’s a YES on the form. Wow, that was hard, huh?

You really are special. Moving on.

Lindberg said: You seem to be confusing binary decisions with easy or simple decisions. Do you have a substance abuse problem? That's a yes/no question. And yet, it's not black and white, is it? In the eyes of the FAA, it is black and white. Nice try though. :)

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AME Instructions: Address each of the following items in your in-office exam and history review.

Call in big brother to fight your battles, cool.