FAA run-around

Hi all,

Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA (my 3-rd class is coming up
for renewal and I don't remember what I put on the application 3 years ago).
I searched the FAA's website and didn't find any official forms for
requesting this info, all they seem to require is a "signed statement". So
I typed up an informal letter describing my request, signed it, and sent it
per instructions I got by listening to the voice recording. The FAA sent me
a response saying that they need a _signed_ statement (the word "signed" is
bolded) and that computer generated signature isn't acceptable. That makes
sense, except that my signature wasn't computer generated. So the question
is, what is it that the FAA really wants and in what format, I guess I
wasn't clear on this point.

Thanks.

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA

I concur, the doctor you used last time should have it in their files. I
ask for mine and they retrieve it right away.

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
My doctor's office manager puts my complete file history onto the
clipboard with
the new application so that I can remember to tell the same lies the same
way
this year.

You might inquire of your doctor's office staff.


Jim



"Slav Inger"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Hi all,
-
-Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Jim Weir wrote:
My doctor's office manager puts my complete file history onto the clipboard with
the new application so that I can remember to tell the same lies the same way
this year.

Mine does, too.
In my folder are the original copies of each from the past 22 years.

In article
,
"Slav Inger" wrote:

Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA (my 3-rd class is coming up
for renewal and I don't remember what I put on the application 3 years ago).

My AME always provides a copy of the previous year's application along
with the new one. And for a couple of years now (don't remember when
they started), the applications have included a copy for the applicant.

--
Larry Fransson
Aviation software for Mac OS X!
http://www.subcritical.com

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:28:57 -0700, Jim Weir wrote:

My doctor's office manager puts my complete file history onto the clipboard with
the new application so that I can remember to tell the same lies the same way
this year.


My doctor does this also. It makes the fantasy almost believable.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message

I changed physicians this year and wound up in your position. I sent this
letter to the FAA, and got the required info back within a couple weeks.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

1165 Middletown-Lincroft
Rd.
Middletown, NJ 07748
21 February, 2003
FAA
P.O. Box 26080
AAM-331
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-5063


Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to request an uncertified copy of part of my medical records.
The only portion I need is the application which I filled out in 2001 (my
last examination).

This letter authorizes you to release this information to me.


Sincerely,



I wrote basically the same letter (minus the "authorizes you" part). So,
what should be my course of action? Write them a new similarly worded
letter, sign it again like I did last time, and mention that my signature
down there is a real signature and not a computer-generated image?

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA

Use a blue pen to sign it.

"Slav Inger" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA (my 3-rd class is coming
up
for renewal and I don't remember what I put on the application 3 years
ago).
I searched the FAA's website and didn't find any official forms for
requesting this info, all they seem to require is a "signed statement".
So
I typed up an informal letter describing my request, signed it, and sent
it
per instructions I got by listening to the voice recording. The FAA sent
me
a response saying that they need a _signed_ statement (the word "signed"
is
bolded) and that computer generated signature isn't acceptable. That
makes
sense, except that my signature wasn't computer generated. So the
question
is, what is it that the FAA really wants and in what format, I guess I
wasn't clear on this point.

Thanks.

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA

You might inquire of your doctor's office staff.

And make sure the clerks actually SENT THE FORMS TO THE FAA -- five years
ago, they didn't, and I flew for two years without the FAA having a valid
medical on file. (I had the proper form in my wallet, but did this "count"?
Who knows?)

Luckily I discovered the error by checking my own records on the FAA
website, and discovering that I was NOT listed as an active pilot with a
valid medical. A few calls to the FAA and my doctor cleared it up, but I
always wonder where the chips would have fallen if there had been any kind
of a mishap during that time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Good idea. Some dingleberry probably thought your signature was
'computer generated' because the inks were the same color...

-lance smith

"Steve Foley" wrote in message ...
Use a blue pen to sign it.

"Slav Inger" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA (my 3-rd class is coming
up
for renewal and I don't remember what I put on the application 3 years
ago).
I searched the FAA's website and didn't find any official forms for
requesting this info, all they seem to require is a "signed statement".
So
I typed up an informal letter describing my request, signed it, and sent
it
per instructions I got by listening to the voice recording. The FAA sent
me
a response saying that they need a _signed_ statement (the word "signed"
is
bolded) and that computer generated signature isn't acceptable. That
makes
sense, except that my signature wasn't computer generated. So the
question
is, what is it that the FAA really wants and in what format, I guess I
wasn't clear on this point.

Thanks.

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:28:57 -0700, Jim Weir wrote:

My doctor's office manager puts my complete file history onto the clipboard with
the new application so that I can remember to tell the same lies the same way
this year.

You might inquire of your doctor's office staff.
On my last medical they not only dug out the previous copy, they gave
me a copy of the current one when I left. I have it right on the
shelf as well as having it scanned into the computer files.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)


Jim



"Slav Inger"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Hi all,
-
-Been trying to get my medical file from the FAA


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com