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I need some serious advice on how to proceed with my third class medical application. I am 34 years old and looking to get my private pilots license for recreational purposes. I have about 12 hours in the logbook and my instructor says I am overdue to solo.
I did not do my homework before I saw my AME.
While filling out the 3rd. class medical application I came to the part (block 18v i think) where I was asked to report any driving related offenses, I indicated that I had two dui's, one in 1996, and one in 1998. Of course my AME could not issue a cert. to me during my office visit, and I patiently awaited a letter from oklahoma.
The letter I received last friday from the FAA asked for the following info:
1. Copy of police report and BAC
2. Complete court records from all offenses
3. Records of care, treatment, assessments etc.
4. Personal statement.
5. DMV records for the past 10yrs.
Today I ventured to the local law enforcement center and received a copy of my driving record. I have a spotless driving record since 1999. Of course the two DUI's show up 1998 one that I tested a .12 bac, the other 1996 I refused to test. However, to my surprise, I had forgotten about a license revocation in 1995 for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).
Question #1: Am I correct in assuming I should submit the entire driving record beyond the 10 years requested?
Question #2: How do I disclose the controlled substance revocation to the FAA?
Question #3: Does the refusal to test in 1996 automatically disqualify me?
Question #4: I also learned that in both 1997 and 1998 I was convicted of minor consumption of alcohol. I was under the impression that I was a juvenile when those occurred and did not disclose those to the FAA on the application. I have since found out that I was indeed 18 years old when both occurred. How do I disclose those items to the FAA?
Question #5: I think there were other offenses that I was convicted of when I was under the age of 18. I do not honestly remember when or what was involved. The clerk at the courthouse said those records were not available even to me. Do I have to disclose anything that happened when I was juvenile?
All in all I think I am really screwed. I was very reckless as a teen, was into drugs and lots of alcohol. Those years are kind of a blurr to me, totally wasted years. I have no idea how i graduated from high school. I got my second DUI the winter after high school, I had to sit in jail for a while and did a lot of thinking. The next fall I enrolled in college. I cleaned up my act, graduated from college, got married, have five beautiful children. I can honestly say I have not used drugs or abused alcohol for fifteen years. When I quit using drugs and drinking all the time, it was like waking up. I suddenly realized how reckless I had been and how it had effected not only my self but those around me. I paid a terrible price by losing what should have been the best years of my life to marijuana and alcohol. I thought that I had already paid in full for those terrible years, but I'm guessing the FAA thinks otherwise.
I did not do my homework before I saw my AME.
While filling out the 3rd. class medical application I came to the part (block 18v i think) where I was asked to report any driving related offenses, I indicated that I had two dui's, one in 1996, and one in 1998. Of course my AME could not issue a cert. to me during my office visit, and I patiently awaited a letter from oklahoma.
The letter I received last friday from the FAA asked for the following info:
1. Copy of police report and BAC
2. Complete court records from all offenses
3. Records of care, treatment, assessments etc.
4. Personal statement.
5. DMV records for the past 10yrs.
Today I ventured to the local law enforcement center and received a copy of my driving record. I have a spotless driving record since 1999. Of course the two DUI's show up 1998 one that I tested a .12 bac, the other 1996 I refused to test. However, to my surprise, I had forgotten about a license revocation in 1995 for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).
Question #1: Am I correct in assuming I should submit the entire driving record beyond the 10 years requested?
Question #2: How do I disclose the controlled substance revocation to the FAA?
Question #3: Does the refusal to test in 1996 automatically disqualify me?
Question #4: I also learned that in both 1997 and 1998 I was convicted of minor consumption of alcohol. I was under the impression that I was a juvenile when those occurred and did not disclose those to the FAA on the application. I have since found out that I was indeed 18 years old when both occurred. How do I disclose those items to the FAA?
Question #5: I think there were other offenses that I was convicted of when I was under the age of 18. I do not honestly remember when or what was involved. The clerk at the courthouse said those records were not available even to me. Do I have to disclose anything that happened when I was juvenile?
All in all I think I am really screwed. I was very reckless as a teen, was into drugs and lots of alcohol. Those years are kind of a blurr to me, totally wasted years. I have no idea how i graduated from high school. I got my second DUI the winter after high school, I had to sit in jail for a while and did a lot of thinking. The next fall I enrolled in college. I cleaned up my act, graduated from college, got married, have five beautiful children. I can honestly say I have not used drugs or abused alcohol for fifteen years. When I quit using drugs and drinking all the time, it was like waking up. I suddenly realized how reckless I had been and how it had effected not only my self but those around me. I paid a terrible price by losing what should have been the best years of my life to marijuana and alcohol. I thought that I had already paid in full for those terrible years, but I'm guessing the FAA thinks otherwise.