Richard
Final Approach
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2005
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- 9,076
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- West Coast Resistance
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Ack...city life
I love my AME. As a good friend, as a man of integrity and character, and as my AME, not to mention that he tells very good jokes and old, bold pilot stories. By his own admission, he's an old country doctor who happens to have been a AME for the past 36 years and a pilot for longer than that. Our visits are much more than simple poke and probe office visits.
(For Adam: My AME also mentioned that he was a "Philadelphia Lawyer" meaning that he doesn't actully have a degree in Jurisprudence but that both his parents were attorneys at law and he therefore was immersed in the law from very early on and continuing into his adulthood.)
The last I wrote about this man I mentioned that he checked for hemaroids. The responses I got to that was that I should be looking for a new AME. With that in mind, during my most current visit with him I specifically mentioned how 'roids are not a disqualifying condition to which he readily agreed.
To that end he began to explain how the FAA, et al, are concerned with "public safety" and when the FAA asks their AMEs to inspect, he means to comply. This all in the interest of "public safety". Our visit was drawing to a close and he was chomping at the bit to begin his month long vacation with his new bride so I did not ask him to further elaborate.
So, I put the question here: what did my good friend and AME mean WRT hemaroids and the FAA's request for information on an applicant's general health?
BTW: I am yet again the proud owner of a Class II cert.
(For Adam: My AME also mentioned that he was a "Philadelphia Lawyer" meaning that he doesn't actully have a degree in Jurisprudence but that both his parents were attorneys at law and he therefore was immersed in the law from very early on and continuing into his adulthood.)
The last I wrote about this man I mentioned that he checked for hemaroids. The responses I got to that was that I should be looking for a new AME. With that in mind, during my most current visit with him I specifically mentioned how 'roids are not a disqualifying condition to which he readily agreed.
To that end he began to explain how the FAA, et al, are concerned with "public safety" and when the FAA asks their AMEs to inspect, he means to comply. This all in the interest of "public safety". Our visit was drawing to a close and he was chomping at the bit to begin his month long vacation with his new bride so I did not ask him to further elaborate.
So, I put the question here: what did my good friend and AME mean WRT hemaroids and the FAA's request for information on an applicant's general health?
BTW: I am yet again the proud owner of a Class II cert.