SoundBarViolatr
Yankee Air Pirate
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The FAA Medical Board is putting on the pressure and I need your advice.
My father recently retired from an overseas airline and came back to the states. He had a heart bypass surgery 13 years ago, but later was cleared to fly again by the Aviation Administration where the company was based. Now back in the US and looking to work in Corporate, he accomplished a Class I Flight Physical screening almost a year ago. Since it is the initial FAA screening after the bypass, he provided the AME with all the medical tests and letters that cleared him to fly again with the foreign Aviation Administration. A couple of months later, the FAA came back and asked for a threadmill stress test and an endorsement letter from a Cardiologist. He went to a Cardioligist in Los Angeles and not only did he meet the requirements of the threadmill stress tests, but exceeded them onto the next level. The papers were then sent to meet the FAA board this past month. A week later, he received another letter from the Feds, this time wanting a full blown angiogram.
I may just be ignorant to their process, but does this not appear to be axx backwards? Why would you subject an individual to a stress test and later on ask for another one to try to find out if there is something else that could have killed him during the first test that he passed??
He has been working odd jobs to make ends meet but the core of his savings from his lump sum retirement pay is quickly draining into nothing (the airline he worked for was in a third world country). I can barely help him out as I am fresh out of Active Duty and am just starting my civilian career. We need help and advice on what direction to take or where to go for help with the very little money that we have.
I appreciate any input or connections that you guys may have.
SB
The FAA Medical Board is putting on the pressure and I need your advice.
My father recently retired from an overseas airline and came back to the states. He had a heart bypass surgery 13 years ago, but later was cleared to fly again by the Aviation Administration where the company was based. Now back in the US and looking to work in Corporate, he accomplished a Class I Flight Physical screening almost a year ago. Since it is the initial FAA screening after the bypass, he provided the AME with all the medical tests and letters that cleared him to fly again with the foreign Aviation Administration. A couple of months later, the FAA came back and asked for a threadmill stress test and an endorsement letter from a Cardiologist. He went to a Cardioligist in Los Angeles and not only did he meet the requirements of the threadmill stress tests, but exceeded them onto the next level. The papers were then sent to meet the FAA board this past month. A week later, he received another letter from the Feds, this time wanting a full blown angiogram.
I may just be ignorant to their process, but does this not appear to be axx backwards? Why would you subject an individual to a stress test and later on ask for another one to try to find out if there is something else that could have killed him during the first test that he passed??
He has been working odd jobs to make ends meet but the core of his savings from his lump sum retirement pay is quickly draining into nothing (the airline he worked for was in a third world country). I can barely help him out as I am fresh out of Active Duty and am just starting my civilian career. We need help and advice on what direction to take or where to go for help with the very little money that we have.
I appreciate any input or connections that you guys may have.
SB
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