[Allen]

Good news!

Went to OSHKOSH, and met a medical screener from my regional FAA Aeromedical office at the FAA display. She looked on their laptop computer and saw the material submitted by my AME, and gave me a list of the things she wanted to see, together with a fax number. I faxed it to her on last Tuesday morning; on Friday, my medical certificate arrived in the mail, dated Wednesday!!!!

Damned fine service for any organization, much less a Federal Government Agency. (Thanks Joan!)

I had been led to expect much worse; a flight instructor told me how he had received his medical (following a cardiac problem) at the end of February, with the certificate signed at the end of January. But then, he was dealing with Oklahoma City.

Hmmmm..... maybe I shouldn't reveal this success story. Everyone will start trying to go through the regional office, and I won't have such good service next time I need to. Oh well, I guess I can take one for the good of pilot-kind.

Allen