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Thank you!

I do understand now. I just had never looked at it from FAA point of View. I actually have contacted Dr Bruce. I really appreciate it!

If you are talking about ‘this’ parent then let’s get things a little more straight. When you have kids in public school nowadays, at least where we are, if they don’t fit the mold the teachers want then you get called in to get them evaluated. In the case of my son he was bored in class so went...

Yeah. His instructor was like, ‘ he’s 15 the medical will be a breeze’ lol! I’m an advanced practice nurse and I would have never thought it would be an issue with him taking that in the past as long as he’s not on them anymore and doesn’t go back on them. But like one person above said, some...

Thank you for the info. We asked the AME if we could just pull the submission and let him wait 4 yrs off meds then go the FAA fast track route instead of standard and he said no we can’t. Any ideas on how to find a good AME to consult? We live in NE Arkansas and I only found 2 in our area so we...

He just said we would get packet from FAA in 30 days and it had to be turned back in within 30 days. Said they could let him through with just that or if they chose then he would have to go to HIM neuropsychologist. If they denied him, then it’s a lifelong denial. Which I think is crazy for a...

Thanks. And I get that. We were just concerned that by him being on it for the short period, been off now for 7 months, that we killed his chances of being a commercial pilot.

So my 15, soon to be 16 year old son goes in today to get his 3rd class medical. He has just got going in training and was hoping to get his license at 17. His goal to be a commercial pilot for a company. He has previously been on ADD meds as my wife thought it would help him in school. They...