Recent content by GrummanGang80

Will it speed up the process in general? Not likely. Will it make your wait less frustrating? Maybe some. I got the feeling that Jacquie (my case-manager at AOPA) genuinely wanted to help. Jacquie gave me the first copy of the medical (albeit a soft-copy). US Postal Service never delivered...

I recommend calling the FAA and inform them that your AME passed and you have to switch AME's. My 3rd class SI was finally approved (total time 13 months - and that was from when all the paperwork landed on the FAA's desk - NOT the time of the submittal). Dr. Chien (or another HIMS-AME can get...

Perhaps it’s to weed out the crazies. But then again, you’ve got to be a bit crazy to subject yourself to a Cogscreen! Here's my story: My great-uncle took me up for my first airplane ride at age eight and I got to sit right-seat. It's the oldest memory I have, and the best. After that...

One-year update. Still no decision on my SI medical - 3rd class. I could have purchased, learned, and paid-off an LSA by now.

I didn't score well my first time either. The test is on what appears to be on "equipment" older than a Commodore-64, and the stylus you use often doesn't register properly on the first tap. The second time I did much better, but that was likely because I was accustomed to the test and the...

Ohhhh! My turn, my turn! My HIMS-AME submitted my paperwork bundle April 2017. It's now nearly March 2018. That's 11 months waiting on the FAA! Been calling OKC and a guy in WDC for months. We're practically on first-name basis. They tell me constantly "it should be soon".....but I keep...