Losing my 1st class medical
10-11-2006, 06:23 AM
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No to DCA!!!!
Originally Posted by UNDGUY
I was thinking flight safety, or delta connection academy 
, maybe a place that does type ratings as well as primary training so I can work my way up and eventually fly the big jets in the sim. Anything positive would be helpful. It has been a really bad week for me.
Thanks, UNDGUY
, maybe a place that does type ratings as well as primary training so I can work my way up and eventually fly the big jets in the sim. Anything positive would be helpful. It has been a really bad week for me. Thanks, UNDGUY
Do NOT do DCA. If you make that mistake, then you have erred even further than your Lasik mistake...
11-06-2006, 06:05 PM
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Good Flight Instructing Job
Check out International Flight Training Academy in Bakersfield, CA. They are hiring like mad right now. A couple of us UND guys have moved to hear. It pays well and has great benefits. A lot of people call it a career here because the pay increases to a nice living. However they do require a 2nd class medical, so if you can get that then you’re in.
http:///www.ifta.aero/hiring.html
Let me know if you want to know more.
Formerly Known as “SLAV”
http:///www.ifta.aero/hiring.html
Let me know if you want to know more.
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11-06-2006, 07:32 PM
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UNDGUY:
Really sorry to hear about your vision situation. I can just imagine how you felt. Take it with a grain salt. My prayer for you is that the eye doctor is able to help you regain 20/20 vision enabling you to get the medical certificates you need.
All the best. Blue skies.
atp
Really sorry to hear about your vision situation. I can just imagine how you felt. Take it with a grain salt. My prayer for you is that the eye doctor is able to help you regain 20/20 vision enabling you to get the medical certificates you need.
All the best. Blue skies.
atp
11-06-2006, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by UNDGUY
I have been dealing with an eye specialist who is telling me that she thinks she can get my vision to 20-20 in each eye seperately with contacts. She says the reason I can't see 20-20 is dry eyes due to the lasik surgery. Appartently when lasik changes the shape of the eye it changes the routes that the tear ducts follow and in rare cases (mine) causes severe dry eyes. The contact will trap moisture between my eye and the contact thus allowing my eyes to stay moist longer. That is her theory. We shall see. As far as why my eyes have become worse as time has past since the surgery, I spoke to three different doctors while trying to find a remedy to my medical issue. All three of them said that the lasik doctor I went to shouldn't have performed the surgery at such a young age.(19) Most doctors agree that the eye can continue to change shape until about 21 years of age. So, if the surgery is done too early, your eye changes shape after the surgical corrections have been made. One doctor I spoke to said she tells her patients to wait until they are done with college to be on the safe side. Just thought I would give an update to everyone that may be considering lasik. Every doctor I talked to said that the dry eyes are very rare and 99.9% of lasik surgeries happen without incident or side effects. It sucks to be the .1%, but that is a chance you take with any surgery.
Let us know how it turns out but dry eye seems to be very treatable (a drag though)
11-07-2006, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by mike734
I assume you have already considered Punctal plugs. I had these installed after my surgery. They block the punctal ducts which drain away tear from your eye. The ones I had installed were made of collagen and designed to dissolve in a few weeks. I know there are permanent ones also. Here is a link that mentions them. http://www.docshop.com/education/vis...eye/treatment/
Let us know how it turns out but dry eye seems to be very treatable (a drag though)
Let us know how it turns out but dry eye seems to be very treatable (a drag though)
11-07-2006, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Bascuela
Check out International Flight Training Academy in Bakersfield, CA. They are hiring like mad right now. A couple of us UND guys have moved to hear. It pays well and has great benefits. A lot of people call it a career here because the pay increases to a nice living. However they do require a 2nd class medical, so if you can get that then you’re in.
http:///www.ifta.aero/hiring.html
Let me know if you want to know more.
Formerly Known as “SLAV”
http:///www.ifta.aero/hiring.html
Let me know if you want to know more.
Formerly Known as “SLAV”
11-07-2006, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by UNDGUY
Thanks for the advice. I have been to three optometrists and an opthamologist and none of them have mentioned the punctal plugs. I will have to mention it to my optometrist and see what she knows about them. The opthamologist that I went to did say there was a surgery that could correct my dry eyes, he may have been speaking of the punctal surgery. I'll just have to save my flight instructor paychecks for the next 20 years to pay for it.
11-07-2006, 11:20 PM
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Talk to an AME about getting a SODA or a Waiver....if you can see 20/25, it may be good enough for the FAA if you can demonstrate your vision is adequate......if you are a member of AOPA, call them and see what they say. Back before the rules changed (about 10 years ago), the requirements were for less than 20/400 uncorrected. I had 20/600. I was able to get a waiver for the vision requirement and had a 1st class medical in my hands shortly after that...........
01-22-2007, 11:18 PM
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I know this is late in the post here - but I want to assure you that your carrer is far from over. So they denied your medical. Fight it. I have strabismus with 20/15 in the left eye and 20/25 in the right eye. I currently hold a cat 1 medical with no conditions. This however came after a lot of fight on my part.
Too many people give up when they get denied. Your vision might not meet requirements, but neither does most pilots out there glasses or not. I'm not saying they let anyone up. I was a special situation and underwent testing. But there are options considering you have 400 hours assuming incident free. Clearly you can fly the a/c.
I would personally go see you faa medical doctor - (the one who has the say if you get the cat 1 or not). See him in person.
Over the phone I got told quote un quote" "Ron don't bother going for your cat 1 I will never approve you for it". My luck, he retired and another aviation med guy came on and approved me with a restricted cat 1 to dual flying only........then condition removed. My success was making the drive to see him in person.
Just some food for thought!
Ron!
Too many people give up when they get denied. Your vision might not meet requirements, but neither does most pilots out there glasses or not. I'm not saying they let anyone up. I was a special situation and underwent testing. But there are options considering you have 400 hours assuming incident free. Clearly you can fly the a/c.
I would personally go see you faa medical doctor - (the one who has the say if you get the cat 1 or not). See him in person.
Over the phone I got told quote un quote" "Ron don't bother going for your cat 1 I will never approve you for it". My luck, he retired and another aviation med guy came on and approved me with a restricted cat 1 to dual flying only........then condition removed. My success was making the drive to see him in person.
Just some food for thought!
Ron!
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