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By the way everyone ever involved in HIMS should read the congressionally mandated study just out by Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office in NH. It is not out in print yet but an advanced copy is available here: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/c...-programs-in-commercial-aviation-safety-first read...

Agreed.... but that states to DEFER

By the way everyone ever involved in HIMS should read the congressionally mandated study just out by Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office in NH. It is not out in print yet but an advanced copy is available here...

That's a pretty strong definitive statement. "2 events in a lifetime is dependence" Please back that up with some supportive literature. back it up the hyperbole please.

thanks for everyone's help, it has indeed been a positive experience for me to get some other perspectives.

Thank you Flyingron and Principal for your insight. My dog in his fight, is to show the incredible amount of inconsistencies in the entire HIMS Program, and to try to establish a baseline by which all airmen are judged equally. It's important to know the etymology of the the current CFR's...

ok, last try. I thank all for your help. I do not dispute the current data helping AME's navigate what to do with a BAC>.15 I believe that we all can agree that they are to DEFER and put it on the RFS/AMCD. It is at this point that I'm looking for substantive, citable, information that a BAC...

bflynn, thank you, again, for your reply but your information only points to a procedure for an AME: In short, fill out an Alcohol Event Status Report or DEFER and check with RFS or call AMCD perhaps I'm missing something, that your trying to show. I'm asking about a HIMS Psychiatrist...

thank you all for your thoughts on this thread. I do hope you all well in your pursuits. Perhaps my original question got muddled along the thread. Or perhaps there is no answer to give. I was simply asking for proof of the accuracy to a very poignant statement made by my HIMS Psych, long ago...

I am leaning toward the rubber stamp as Pricipal mentioned. I cant imagine why a HIMS AME would ever subject an airman or, moreover, themselves to the liability of a 'diagnosis' based on interpretation of a CFR without and associated APA or AMA diagnosis to satisfy the ethical requirements of...

So why not change the language to reflect that? If it is not a medical diagnosis, why use that language? I know how touchy this subject is... It seems that the same names respond to any criticism of the system. So, ya in a small way I agree bflynn. some people will never change. Are you...

Hmmm, thanks for all the concern about by welfare... but, for the record, I did jump through all the hoops required, and have had my unrestricted medical back for quite some time now.. well before the 'Lifetime Mandates' now implemented. Giving the Fed's 2 years of proven abstinence for me...

wow, just wow.... i'm amazed at the judgements passed down from some of the respondents.. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. If i am going to be held to a Federal regulation... Please state your reference. Sorry.. I'm not a lawyer as suggested, just a simple airman. And to 'ThatotherGuy' that's some...

I have been trying to get the FAA to verify this quote from my HIMS initial from Dr. 'G' " It’s not my position, The FAA is very specific in this. A refusal to obtain a breathalyzer or a BAL > 0.15 on a moving violation is equivalent to alcohol dependence. That’s their regulatory position. It’s...