PSA: The FAA recently sent me a letter wanting me to explain more about my “PTSD”. Well, I have never had PTSD, nor have I ever been to a doctor about any mental health issue. I sent a request to the FAA for my medical records. When I got my file from them and had they not reviewed it and found they had mistakenly put another pilots info about PTSD in my file which generated the letter to me. I would have been stuck trying to explain my “PTSD”. They have since sent a “disregard” letter about their error. So, I highly recommend everyone do a Request for Airman Medical Records from the FAA. You are entitled to this under the Privacy Act. When you make this request,make sure you have them send it to you electronically and have them include the complete contents of AAM-300s on you, which includes all applicant notes made by the FAA about you in your file. When they send you the initial email, it will have a link to a Huddle account, which is the electronic way for them to upload and for you to access your file from them. You will then be able to check for any errors that may be in your file.

Great episode. I was an AF flight doc for B-52 and KC-135 squadrons back in the early 80's. Different environment as we weren't deploying for months at a time - usually just a 2-4 ship of tankers going TDY for 6-8 weeks. BUFFs always stayed home since we could fly wherever from there. No embedded flight surgeons. Closest thing was for me to go to the alert facility and hang out with the guys (no gals then). I think most of them knew I was there to help them stay flying. Though I did have to ground both of the O6 wing commanders I worked under. We got them both cleared and flying again. Love your content. Keep it up.

"You got the sniffles, lieutenant?" ... "yes sir" ... "did you take a benadryl?" ... "Never heard of it, sir"

Thanks all three. Good update for me on FAA med disposition in evolution right direction. Hawkeye, AF, DCANG FS, F-4, F-105, x 20 yrs, AME x 20 yrs, Mooney driver x 50 yrs

Young and fit in the forces the issues come round once into the 50s.

Good stuff - thanks Reminds of the sage advice from one of my Business professor's many moons ago - "Never leave a paper trail" I've not personally known a pilot with a select medical need, who then paid out of pocket, and even used a different name. But I've heard of this through the grapevine from more than one fellow pilot No paper or electronic trail.

Good guest.

Thanks for the video Mover, Gonky and Apollo! 🤙

Great timing, I just scheduled my yearly for next month.

Casa medical in Australia same issues.

I wanted to fly pointy nose jets when I was a kiddo. Then I found out I am color blind and that went out the window. This was in the 80's.

"Concierge level of care." Could that BE any more Air Force?

Bottom line, if it is on paper, anywhere, it exists. I returned to Air Guard flying and part 121 in an earlier time, as a Transverse Myelitis patient. Not easy, not quick, but it happened. Google TM, not a great condition. It did worsen and ended my part 121 flying.

I see this as having a great potential to change the overall attitude of having your AME or FS take a protagonistic role to the aviator versus the implied antagonistic one. As Billy Joel sang: " It's a matter of trust." Ensuring a healthy community of aviators should not be based on disciipline and potential loss of privelage, but one of let's make sure you are a healthy pilot and if not, what can we do to help you make it that way. Of course there are times when you have to DNF or red line someone for medical reasons. Then, that does become a project that all persons should work on .... and if you are permanently unfit for flight ... accepted by the adult pilot. I'm sure the Doc has heard the argument that your medical is only valid for the time you are in the office having your flight physical. Which is actually true, in a way. So, while it might be expensive for the civil pilot, having some kind of more open relationship with an AME might be the trick. Remember the NASA flight safety incident reporting program? Maybe a medical verson of that might be helpful. Anyway, good show, guys. The doc seems to be good people. But, I still suffer from "White coat anxiety." Oh well.

The San Francisco muni system is hoping to finally replace their 5.25" floppy based MS-DOS system that runs all of their trains...by 2030. So governmental bureaucracy can be challenging to change! I won't hold my breath for the FAA to modernize their systems.

GOOD PERSONALIZED HELMETS COST WAY LESS THAN ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL CHECK OR FOLLOW UP NOT CONSIDERING THE DoD´s BUDGET FOR VETS & WOUNDED WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A NECESSITY BUT VERY COMPLEX TO MONITOR THE REAL INTERESTS BEHIND MEDICAL PERSONNEL & ACTIVE DUTY OR VETS.

Make a video on 4 US and 1 India Apache helicopter crash in 1 month

In the world we currently live in and with the TECH advances that currently exist, vision need not be 20/20 at least in the military. You got NVGs NOT very complicated to have your personalized helmet or helmets with ADAPTED VISORS TO YOUR VISION. We could have very good pilots that NOT necessarily SEE TOO well.

Ah, Freedom. 🤣

When you call their number, it doesn’t work. 🙄

In response to the video title: exaggerated genital size? 😝