Brantel
Well Known Member
Let me start by saying that this thread should not turn into an FAA bashing thread or into some other mess that breaks Doug's rules.
The statement I am making below is just a statement of the facts of my particular situation and is intended to be educational for anyone that may follow in my footsteps with similar health issues.
It sure is frustrating to have waited over 3 months for the FAA to reply to a letter where you properly informed them of having to have a new cardiac stent implanted and when they finally did respond, they order you to surrender your current medical, formally deny your authorization for a special issuance medical and then tell you if you contact them and ask nicely, they will be kind enough to inform you what hoops you will have to jump thru in order to get your SI reauthorized.
So I guess there is still hope but the process is surely not easy and I have no idea what they are going to request and how expensive this is going to be.
I have little choice now but to at least try to regain my SI authorization and then make the decision on what to do moving forward. It is even more frustrating that I may have built a very nice airplane that I am not going to be legal to fly very much longer and inevitably I may have to make the decision to possibly sell the airplane and take on the risk/liability associated with that process. My goal would be to retain my ability to fly as a light sport pilot and possibly build an RV12 or similar.
I would never fly as PIC of any airplane if I felt like I could not complete the flight safely. I take this business seriously. I have always tried to be as open and honest as possible with the FAA and have always tried to follow their SI rules as closely as possible. However at some point someone like me must realize that the cost associated with being able to fly PIC as a Private Pilot start to outweigh the benefits and the bank account.
Thanks for listening VAF family!
The statement I am making below is just a statement of the facts of my particular situation and is intended to be educational for anyone that may follow in my footsteps with similar health issues.
It sure is frustrating to have waited over 3 months for the FAA to reply to a letter where you properly informed them of having to have a new cardiac stent implanted and when they finally did respond, they order you to surrender your current medical, formally deny your authorization for a special issuance medical and then tell you if you contact them and ask nicely, they will be kind enough to inform you what hoops you will have to jump thru in order to get your SI reauthorized.
So I guess there is still hope but the process is surely not easy and I have no idea what they are going to request and how expensive this is going to be.
I have little choice now but to at least try to regain my SI authorization and then make the decision on what to do moving forward. It is even more frustrating that I may have built a very nice airplane that I am not going to be legal to fly very much longer and inevitably I may have to make the decision to possibly sell the airplane and take on the risk/liability associated with that process. My goal would be to retain my ability to fly as a light sport pilot and possibly build an RV12 or similar.
I would never fly as PIC of any airplane if I felt like I could not complete the flight safely. I take this business seriously. I have always tried to be as open and honest as possible with the FAA and have always tried to follow their SI rules as closely as possible. However at some point someone like me must realize that the cost associated with being able to fly PIC as a Private Pilot start to outweigh the benefits and the bank account.
Thanks for listening VAF family!