Recent content by MyDimeIsUp

Alright given what I'm hearing, I'll go ahead and just do some training, enough for a CFI to write a note. I apologize for thinking that I had to complete a full license or certification. Just talking with my previous HIMS AME, my current non-HIMS AME, as well as Dave from the FAA all said that...

I definitely should have posted this in my OP, apologies about that: You are requested to provide the following information within 60 days for FAA review: "An assessment and statement from an instructor pilot. This assessment should address operational flight experience (ability to implement...

The amount of jokes I've heard from pilots I've talked to about ER and UND pilots really doesn't give "prestige" to them, and they reiterated the same thing of "hours, hours, hours". I reached out to my HIMS AME who said honestly it is a mixed bag. My SI could expire/lapse and when I reapply it...

I think you are misunderstanding my post. I am simply stating if they are requiring me to submit a note from a CFI that requires completing a license/cert, then yes only getting a PPL is fine. However if I'm required to submit this note and get a PPL then personally I'd want to go as high as CFI...

What I read from the letter was that I must receive a full certification/license (that being my PPL since I currently have none). I presume it would seem very cheeky to simply do enough training to have a note to send the FAA, and then immediately stop training. I worry the FAA would see that...

This was something I definitely took into account given it is the FAA after all. Given the letter was mailed on the 9th and I received it around February 18th, I'm working on limited time since they are on a 3-week backlog on scanning faxes/documents into their system, so I felt I really didn't...

Brad's suggestion to go BasicMed seems like a viable one but the question that still remains is: what is the process to get back to 1st-class and get my SI again? My main concern with any decision I make that doesn't involve flight training at this immediate moment (basic med/letting the SI...

Definitely true. I mentioned this in the letter I faxed to the FAA. While the demand letter just asks for a note from a CFI regarding my operation experience, there is no mention of whether I need to complete a PPL or simply can submit a letter from a CFI and stop mid-way through. Either way, in...

My medical does say "Not valid for any class after 3/31/2023". I could go BasicMed but I still wouldn't be flying and it seems like another circus act to get into BasicMed just to leave it again to go back to 1st-class. Goal is airline pilot/corporate pilot so 1st-class is required and I can't...

They did not stipulate that I had to finish any type of license/certification. It simply says to provide a note from a CFI regarding my operational flight experience (implementing emergency procedures, ATC communication, aircraft controls, etc.) The $55k base + $15k flight training /yr was for...

Hey all, Back in 2020 you all and my HIMS AME helped me get my special issuance with a previous diagnosis of ADHD. The stipulations of the SI were that each year I got my 1st-class physical evaluation, I had to submit a note from my treating physician sitting that there were no updates...

and after 401 came CRM. 401 is such an interesting incident. Anyway, ADHD and ASD seem to be subjective. Like I've posted before, I was diagnosed with ADHD and ASD at a young age (we're talking like 4 years old). My ASD diagnosis was odd though since even in my original diagnosis the doctor...

I would say Tourette's isn't that bad depending on what it is (My brother has tourettes). I imagine things like vocal tics can't have much of an impact on flying. Now if it was a tic where somebody HAD to move their hand or some limb it can be considered a flight safety issue. Everything is on a...

Got word from my AME (non-HIMS). Authorization expires in April 2026, while my 1st class medical is not valid for any class after April 2023 (its a 1-year medical). Near April 2026 I'm told that I'll just need to send a doctor's note stating that there are no updates regarding my ADHD diagnosis...

Gotcha. I didn't find much info on what happens when my SI expires in 2026. Do I have to do the whole neuropsych eval again, do they just require some paperwork for another SI to be issued, or do they release me if they see that nothing has changed during the time of my SI issuance?