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

In article
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"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

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

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

In article , Steve Foley wrote:
Use a blue pen to sign it.

I wonder what happens if one uses a red pen or something blatantly
eye-catching and slightly non-conventional :-)

Although, in the infinite wisdom of bureaucrats, they'd most likely find
some other rule to throw at one requiring another trip through the hoops.

-Dan

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:33:11 +0000 (UTC), Dan Foster
wrote:

In article , Steve Foley wrote:
Use a blue pen to sign it.

Last I heard they require either blue or black.


I wonder what happens if one uses a red pen or something blatantly
eye-catching and slightly non-conventional :-)

I think one of the reasons is that RED and possibly green do not show
up when the documents are copied on one of the old photocopiers.

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


Although, in the infinite wisdom of bureaucrats, they'd most likely find
some other rule to throw at one requiring another trip through the hoops.

-Dan

In article , Roger Halstead wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:33:11 +0000 (UTC), Dan Foster
wrote:

In article , Steve Foley wrote:
Use a blue pen to sign it.

Last I heard they require either blue or black.

I wonder what happens if one uses a red pen or something blatantly
eye-catching and slightly non-conventional :-)

I think one of the reasons is that RED and possibly green do not show
up when the documents are copied on one of the old photocopiers.

Wonder if it would also potentially present difficulties to staffers whom
are color blind? Not having that condition, don't know if it'd be
problematic.

-Dan

"Dan Foster" wrote in message
...
Wonder if it would also potentially present difficulties to staffers whom
are color blind?

Being color-blind doesn't mean that certain colors are invisible to the eye.
It just means that they look a lot like other colors.

Here's the URL for the form they want. I just mailed one off for a new cert.
It is the same form just a different address.

http://registry.faa.gov/docs/8060-56.pdf




"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