How will you know when you are done?

[Maxmosbey]

I *could* pass the medical, *if* I felt like dumping another suitcase load of money into the healthcare system to pass FAA required tests. Tests that my cardiologist Lol'd and told me aren't medically necessary.

My story as well. I got flagged, and if I want to fly, I have to spend a lot of money and time getting documentation for my medical. And then, do it all again the next year. So it isn't worth it, just to fly around to flight breakfasts and over to visit friends on the other side of the state. But probably more so, my father was a pilot, and I started taking lessons when I was sixteen years old. It was probably the only thing my Father and I had. But I've never had the passion that he did. I just flew because I could, I always had, and because he was proud that I did. When he passed away, it just lost a lot of my motivation to fly.

 

[Everskyward]

I fly for a living and, while I find it interesting at times, I think of it as work. I had a close call with the medical a few years ago, which was a complete surprise to me since I spent the previous part of my life being smugly healthy. A that time I came up with a Plan B. Now that I don't need Plan B any more I find myself attracted to it. I thought it would be easier to be able to make the decision myself rather than to be forced out, but now I'm not so sure. Lots of things to consider...