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My 14 tests per year ran me $1,750 from Labcorp. It's not that it's unaffordable, it's that I have family obligations. From my expendable income that $1,750 equals about 12 hours of rental at the local club.

The letter said that OKC recently reviewed reports from my HIMS AME and my HIMS Psychiatrist. I don't know if they said or recommended anything. I did not request anything. All I did was follow everything my SI Authorization said to a T. NGL I was scared at first when I received the letter...

A little back story about my medical and why I needed a SI. When I started to follow my dream to become a jet pilot I had to get a Special Issuance First Class Medical. I wanted to get a first class because if I wasn't able to fly for the airlines then I wasn't going to become a pilot because I...

GREAT NEWS!!! I am going to keep my medical and not go basic med. Will make a new post about what happened because the info may be helpful to anyone in the HIMS program.

That is the whole problem, it's the cost associated with the testing and monitoring that I can't afford. I don't make a lot of expendable income, so it's either pay for a medical and not fly or use that money to fly. If I go basic med I don't foresee myself needing a medical cert for at least 5...

Not sure what you mean. Are you saying if I go basic med and then want to go back to having a medical cert I have to do the testing again? That is my my AME told me, If I ever stop because I can't afford it then I will need to start from square one next time I want a medical cert. That is the...

Thanks everyone for the help, I will probably end up going basic med next May when my current medical cert. expires. Also yes my medical says "not valid for any class after 5/31/24". As much as I would love to eventually fly a jet I don't see my self getting there any time soon. Spending $5k a...

I currently have a 1st Class Medical. My hope was to be able to fly for the Airlines one day. Before I stated flight training I opted to get a 1st Class medical because I have a history of Cancer and an arrest for Marijuana in the past. I wanted to see if I was healthy enough for a 1st Class...