How long before the card comes?

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:36:24 GMT, "Nasir"
wrote:

I passed my checkride over 2 months ago but have not received the plastic
license yet. Any idea how long it takes?

BTW, I did not mail anything to anyone..The D.E. told me she would be
sending the form in. Is that the norm?

thanks.


The D.E. who gave me my checkride (I passed) typed out the form and
handed me the temp license and told me very specifically how long it
might take to get the permanent card. He then counted out the months
and told me to get back to him at such and so a date if I had not
gotten it by then. I forget exactly how long you have before the temp
license expires but 4 months may be close.

I got the plastic card about three months later.

Corky Scott

(Corky Scott) wrote in message ...
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:36:24 GMT, "Nasir"
wrote:

I passed my checkride over 2 months ago but have not received the plastic
license yet. Any idea how long it takes?

BTW, I did not mail anything to anyone..The D.E. told me she would be
sending the form in. Is that the norm?

thanks.


The D.E. who gave me my checkride (I passed) typed out the form and
handed me the temp license and told me very specifically how long it
might take to get the permanent card. He then counted out the months
and told me to get back to him at such and so a date if I had not
gotten it by then. I forget exactly how long you have before the temp
license expires but 4 months may be close.

I got the plastic card about three months later.

Corky Scott

Nasir,

Temp. Airman's Certificate expires 120 days from date of issue. Your
DPE should have made a copy of all the paperwork before sending the
originals in. Prior to the "date of expiration", contact DPE and let
him/her know you did not get your permanent certificate. (I personally
would start calling after 110 days depending on how hard it is to get
ahold of him/her.) Your DPE can print you another temp. certificate
and either start back tracking or recreate paperwork to send in again.
Either way, a retest will not be needed.

Joe
D.P.E. - Glider

On 5 Jan 2004 17:12:26 -0800, (Joe Allbritten)
wrote:

Nasir,

Temp. Airman's Certificate expires 120 days from date of issue. Your
DPE should have made a copy of all the paperwork before sending the
originals in. Prior to the "date of expiration", contact DPE and let
him/her know you did not get your permanent certificate. (I personally
would start calling after 110 days depending on how hard it is to get
ahold of him/her.) Your DPE can print you another temp. certificate
and either start back tracking or recreate paperwork to send in again.
Either way, a retest will not be needed.

Joe

Sorry, I was going on memory, which obviously failed me. What did
happen though was that the card came before the expiration date.

Corky Scott
D.P.E. - Glider

Takes two weeks longer than your patience. Call them and they will
tell you what "issue" date they are processing. That will give you an
idea how long it will be. They say they are doing 31st OCT 2003 now
Took me almost 90 days. Your temporary is good for 120.

From the FAA FAQ

Normally, it takes FAA about six to eight weeks to process and send a
permanent license(certificate). You can check on-line at
http://registry.faa.gov/airmen.asp to see which dates we are currently
processing. If we are currently processing certificates we issued
later than yours, submit an inquiry through
http://registry.faa.gov/amfeed.asp. You can also call the FAA's Airmen
Registry at 405-954-3261.

For further question about this topic please contact the Civil
Aviation Registry by email at