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I’m thinking about going back to school to get my A&P license. I need some advice on what route to take. What is the best school? Is school even necessary? Should I just learn on the job? What is the industry looking like right now?

what is the pay like for a GA mechanic? I get the risk vs reward issue

Yes I like mechanical work I work on my own car I’m ok with understanding things just by looking, but reading about it is more my strong suit I can start and finish mechanical tasks

Hey all I was disqualified for a medical due to a head injury as a baby (hydrocephalus). With that came ADHD. I know if I were to take the Cogscreen I don’t think I would pass up to pilot standards, but is there a test somewhere of cognitive abilities of other aviation professionals? I’m just...

I wish I could find a school like that, the program I’m looking at is 20,000 were you a first time student? Since I’m returning, with a previous BA, I’m not eligible for PELL

I’m thinking about a mid life career change. How much does getting an A&P license cost (assuming I go the school route) I already have a BA so I don’t want to rack up to much extra debt

what rules are changing in 2023?

ADHD meds are very easily traceable, I would try to look at the bottle for any other information. Is there a phone number to the pharmacy? They will be able to get the prescribing doctors info. Also, there is an online database that doctors and nurses can login to to see pharmacy records. (I...

I’m a new student pilot. What term was already defined? His DMMS, would that be Va? Maneuvering speed?

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There are a few shunt success stories on this forum. I have two VP shunts, unfortunately I was not approved. But there are a few other stories here where people were successful

Eyeglasses do the same thing as contacts. Just contacts can be worn without having weird red lenses in public

I went to the eye doctor to see if color correction contacts work for me. To my surprise, went from not being able to see any of the ishihara color plates, to being able to see all 10. It was Awesome. But I’m curious, why are color vision correction contacts disqualifying to the FAA? I can...

Seems like a big theme is HAM radio here. How would I get into that? What benefits do people get from it?

mine favorite past time as well. I can’t wait to build a shooting range at my house

Me too, I just got into smoking a few weeks ago

What hobbies does everyone have outside of flying? to keep this relevant to this thread. Say you lost your medical,- how would you spend your free time?

Any pilots in West Georgia, I just started flying here

I thought I read somewhere on this forum that the CogScreen is periodically updated with pilots at Sun and Fun and Oshkosh. If I went to either event, took the CogScreen as a free data point for the researchers, would I be able to see my results?

try these guys https://www.neuro-sight.com/ They are not aviation centered, but they may know of an optometrist that is aviation centered I also knew of a guy in boulder about 10 years ago, let me rack my brain to remember his name. He worked a lot with Bob Sancetta on pilots with vision issues