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Originally posted by billinthewild:
R.Roger....you are far off the mark in your defense of this incompetence. My doctor did a complete exam including a visual field which I passed; he is also an active pilot and very pilot friendly. The reason the certificate was not then issued was due to the FAA wanting to see the record of my angiogram (based on the call he made to them that very day) which was immediately sent and was negative. Your chastizing my doctor is uncalled for since you have no knowledge of the facts relating to my exam. Just whose butt are you kissing in this misplaced defense of an agency that has little or no regard for the public they are called upon to serve. I note that you are an AME which makes your defense of this agency and its employees without full knowledge of the facts surprising and without merit. Just who the devil are you to come to conclusions of what took place based upon your guess as to what was done or should have been done, or what was or was not filed.

I cannot believe you would be so eager to come to the defense of such blatant incompetence and have the unmitigated gall to try to then place the blame for this on a competent and active AME. Dr Frayser did all that was required of him; the ball was dropped by the FAA. Your criticism of him, and me for that matter, without even knowing all the facts, and worse yet, your making meritless assumptions as to what did or did not take place, is uncalled for and calls into question your motivation and your judgement.

I find it interesting that so many are so willing to put up with such poor treatment at the hands of government employees. I believe the reason some federal employees and agencies are so insensitive in dealing with the public they serve is that many are willing to accept of such conduct without holding them accountable. I will not.

Mr. Semel....bottom of the pile? The laggards who work for the feds are rarely, if ever, called to answer for their insensitivity
in dealing properly with the public to whom they have a duty to serve. You mention that you wrote to someone and he wrote you back.... I did not receive that courtesy. Silberman did not even have the courtesy to sign the letter I finally received after 74 days of waiting for a response.

I have held pubic office, and I never treated the public that I served with such utter disregard. It is totally unacceptable to me for any public official or agency to fail to respond within a reasonable period of time, and especially if they have a need for additional information before making a decision.

Far to many are willing to sit back and take whatever the government does or does not do without comment. I am not of that nature. The purpose of my letter posted on this thread was to alert others of us who fly to what may be expected from the FAA.

74 days to receive the first communication regarding the request for additional information is not defensible and should not be tolerated.

I stand by my comments.

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Originally posted by RogerR:
Mr Berlat

Your AME may be a pilot, and he may be a nice guy, but according to your statements, he clearly DID NOT follow FAA procedures. It is his job to issue if you meet the standards, and defer or deny if you do not. Since you reported no certificate was issued, I assume you do not meet the standards. At that point, he should have submitted your exam to the FAA with the necessary documentation for the FAA to consider a special. You reported he told you the FAA would need to review your angiogram, and you did not wait for a request but sent it in yourself. He should not have submitted your exam without a copy of the angiogram and all records pertaining to the events leading to that procedure. Your statements indicate he did not do his job!!!

The visual information is entered into your Oklahoma city record by the AME. It is the AME's job to determine if you meet the standards, not the FAA's. If your record has the information entered correctly, it is never reviewed by people and it would not have been flagged by the computer. By asking for that test result, the record is saying that your AME did not enter the information correctly, or did not recognize that you do not meet the standard. They are telling you that the AME did not do his job!!!

I agree there are many government agencies that are slow, inefficient and arrogant, the FAA medical certification division is not one of them. You and every other pilot should be very thankful that individuals like Dr Silberman choose to work for pilots, both GA and corporate, to promote air safety and keep as many pilots current as possible. Your anger should be directed at your lawmakers who sent over 5000 FAA employees (including the medical certification division) home this summer while they withheld funding.

RogerR