Dean
Pattern Altitude
My medical expired last month and having recently moved I was looking for a new Doctor. I found one about 60 miles away, but he was booked for weeks in advance. A pilot friend told me about the doctor he uses but he is 90 miles away. Well I called his office to make an appointment and was told that "HE" makes those appointments. She took down my name/number and said he would call me back in a few minutes. Well I figured it would be a few days, if at all. Well 10 minutes later the phone rang and it was the Doctor. He ask me how soon I needed it done, because he only had one opening next week. I told him that I was not in a rush and that next week was fine with me. I told him I was going out of town this weekend to see the pilot friend that had recommended him. He then said I might want to fly this weekend and maybe we should do it before I left. He ask if I could stop by his house the next night about 7:30 and he would do it then. Well you can imagine how shocked I was, going to the doctors house at night for a flight exam. Come to find out, he does exams twice a week in his home because of the schedules most pilots keep. By doing this he saved me 80 miles of driving and a couple hours of my time. And the price was only $80.00. 
