Recent content by laserranger

Happy update! Since my last reply in January, a lot has changed. - I finished my ground school portion, and am now gearing up for the PPL written exam. - I finally got my Medical in March, after 5 months of deferral to OKC. and, as of yesterday... - I have completed my FIRST SOLO! Onward...

You made it to Final Review in just 2 months? That's pretty fast, all considered. I'm going on 5 months "In Review" for what should have been an AME-issued ADHD Fast Track case.

Hammer your representatives with this demand, especially when the reauth bill comes around. Doing nothing about it will guarantee nothing is done about it.

Call the regional flight surgeon office that oversees your region. They can pull up your file and tell you exactly what's going on without you having to wait 3-6 weeks for a letter to come by snail mail. If they need extra information, the RFS will tell you what you need to gather. Give them a...

You can contact your House rep and ask them to open an inquiry on your behalf. Your rep's .gov website will likely have a "Help with a Federal Agency" page and a form for you to fill out. Basically: Raise hell! Edit: A couple things to add... When you call OKC, make sure to include the phrase...

I'll take it for $25. I'll PM you to work out the details. Thanks for posting.

In total how long (in calendar days) would you say your wait was from submitting your complete packet to MedXpress to receiving your medical? How many days did you wait before calling in Congressional help? I'm asking because I submitted my complete Fast Track packet back in late October and...

Well done to the pilot and instructor for getting it down safely without injuries, inside or outside of the cockpit. I didn't much care for the 3-second sound byte of a random passerby browbeating the pilot. "Someone could have gotten hurt" - Yes, but nobody did. You can thank the pilot's skill...

So, I have heard calling on "three non-consecutive days" will yield a small bump in priority and get more eyes on your file. How should I interpret that? I have called each week since about mid December, is that sufficient? Or is it better to actually call M, W, and F in the same week at least...

KHFY, slightly south of Indianapolis

Maybe I should finally get serious about losing weight...

I guess it's not all bad, at this rate I'll probably get my medical from OKC before I reach my first solo after all :lol:

Technologic?

This baffles me to no end. I'll never understand why every medical that ever gets deferred has to go through OKC. Why can't the Regional offices handle 3rd and maybe 2nd class applications without having to wait for the half-dozen physicians at OKC to work through hundreds of thousands of...

Howdy! Still very green at 7.3 hrs TT, and loving every moment of it (when the weather cooperates and I actually get to go up, that is!) Currently in medical limbo so I'm knocking out all my Dual up front and will start soloing once OKC shows me some mercy. Long term goal is to get IR...