Getting an FC1 Medical for an interview
08-25-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawley
Mostly agree but understand a military medical waiver doesn't carry over to the FAA. Separate bureaucratic entities, the FAA takes just about as long. Plan ahead.
08-25-2013, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JPF16
cant get one at the moment b.c of location
Can't hurt to ask. Good luck!
08-26-2013, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Jughead135
No idea where you are, of course--but, if you're somewhere that has a flying operation (regardless of whether you personally are deployed to fly), you just might get lucky if you check with the flight doc. If you have a doc who's also an AME, he can do the paperwork for you. Bonus is it would be free....
Can't hurt to ask. Good luck!
Can't hurt to ask. Good luck!
08-26-2013, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
True for lower-class FAA medicals but I think very few military docs have 1C authority these days. The FAA limits who can do those and the waiting list must be pretty long...all the ones I've used have been over 70. But it doesn't hurt to ask around.
08-26-2013, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ExAF
My bad...I should have said if you pass a mil flight physical sans waiver you won't have any problem passing the FAA Class I. It is also true the FAA is a royal pain in the a$$ when it comes to waivers. I'm pretty sure the FAA will take LONGER for a waiver than the military. As someone on a specific issuance, I'm intimately familiar with dealing with the FAA too.
08-26-2013, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
I'll disagree on a personal level with the FAA waiver approval process based on my experience with my NAMI waivers sailing through the CAMI process. If your military Doc's did a thorough job, it makes it a lot easier going through the FAA in my opinion. I'm thankful that it was practically a non-event except for the yearly requirements I have to keep the waivers.
08-26-2013, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ExAF
I didn't need a waiver/specific issuance until long after mil retirement. Mil docs had nothing to do with it. It just takes time, patience, a lot of paperwork and a little help from the contract ALPA medical folks to get through the process. It also depends on your spcific "issue." FAA is still a pita.
FAA a PITA
Isn't it always?!
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