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jsstevens
I'm just posting this to vent. Although if somebody's got an idea I'd be interested. My 3rd class medical is due and I was scheduled to get it done Wednesday morning, but now it looks like I'll have to postpone.
I keep all my appointments in my Outlook calendar which is maintained and backed up by our IT department. I go through and search for my Drs by name, find the appointment dates, fill in the reasons (not usually to hard for me) and voila, medxpress form done. This year all my non-recurring appointments have disappeared from my calendar for any dates before June of 2013. IT folks say they didn't do anything to it. (And they're good folks, I believe them.)
Well, no problem. Go out to my health insurance site and get the claims list. It'll have to Drs names and dates. Which it does. For 2013 and 2014. Call the insurance company. They have all the info. They'll send it to my home mailing address within 15 days. No way to get it electronically any sooner.
Well, can the FAA give me my old application? Yes, via snail mail at a price per page. Eventually.
Dang. I really wanted to go fly this month too.
Oh well. I will have to remember to 1) keep these records in a safe place for next time, 2) email myself a copy of the .pdf (which I thought I had, but apparently I didn't).
As I said, just venting. I'll get the data, I'll just have to wait a while.
John
I keep all my appointments in my Outlook calendar which is maintained and backed up by our IT department. I go through and search for my Drs by name, find the appointment dates, fill in the reasons (not usually to hard for me) and voila, medxpress form done. This year all my non-recurring appointments have disappeared from my calendar for any dates before June of 2013. IT folks say they didn't do anything to it. (And they're good folks, I believe them.)
Well, no problem. Go out to my health insurance site and get the claims list. It'll have to Drs names and dates. Which it does. For 2013 and 2014. Call the insurance company. They have all the info. They'll send it to my home mailing address within 15 days. No way to get it electronically any sooner.
Well, can the FAA give me my old application? Yes, via snail mail at a price per page. Eventually.
Dang. I really wanted to go fly this month too.
Oh well. I will have to remember to 1) keep these records in a safe place for next time, 2) email myself a copy of the .pdf (which I thought I had, but apparently I didn't).
As I said, just venting. I'll get the data, I'll just have to wait a while.
John