Medical renewal - war story

joel williams wrote:


Lession2: I also learned that you need to find an AME who
understands the FAA polices and procedures.

Agreed. My medical got bolluxed up because I had to get the
turd AME for the one medical where it made a difference. I
would have known I was in trouble when his secretary insisted
I pay before they'd let me start filling out the application.
The stooge never returned any of my calls while I was trying
to unravel the screw up.

I can give you Lesson 3: Contact the regional flight surgeon
for you area. They will have someone who's job it is to help
pilots and can help you decode the letters at the bottom of
those letters from Joklahoma city.

We need a way to identify the better AMEs.

Ask around.

By the way, keep hammering on them to undo the special
issuance. I finally got them to remove it after my
new AME (and these were the words used in the letter)
declared the previous determination as a "bull****
diagnosis."