Flight Physical Veteran

Posted by Aggressive-Horror-43@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Hello everyone, I am planning on getting my pilots license and I want to work with an AME to obtain a first class flight physical. I prefer to work with someone who is familiar with PTSD and Veterans with disabilities. If anyone can recommend some names of AME’s who are certified to issue 1st class physicals that would be great. I don’t care where they are in the country ill fly there. Just want to have no hiccups in my life plan. Thanks!!

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Texican84@reddit

Yea, I hate to break it to you, but anything mental or TBI is a deal breaker. I would think you'd have to jump through hoops and spend loads of cash and time just to have a shot at a third class in a few years, and even then, I doubt it.

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nkawtgpilot@reddit

Definitely not a deal breaker, is it going to be more difficult? Of course. But deal breaker implies there is no path forward and that isn’t the case at all

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Texican84@reddit

The path forward is extremely bleak and costly and has a very small chance of success. Your desire and passion would have to match your checkbook and patience.

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KCPilot17@reddit

You're going to be pretty SOL with PTSD. What other disabilities are listed? Anything with the body is generally fine, but anything mental is a red line and will cost LOTS of money to get approved (if at all).

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Aggressive-Horror-43@reddit (OP)

Why do you say LOTS of money? I want to do this so money is not an issue here

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EliteEthos@reddit

It’s a lot of money because the required testing the FAA will require is cost prohibitive for a lot of people.

How do you plan to simultaneously tell the government you have PTSD enough to need disability payments while going through the FAA tests to prove you don’t?

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Mrs_Fagina@reddit

I'm an asshole, so watching recently as pilots who had tried to tell one story to get bennies and another to get a first class got absolutely hammered when the FAA got wise.

*chef's kiss

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EliteEthos@reddit

I mentioned this elsewhere but this is a particular pet peeve of mine as a veteran. If you’re genuinely disabled as a result of your military service, absolutely get the benefits.

Unfortunately, there is a current trend that when you get out, you simply go to the VA and lie about the severity in order to get that 100%… then proceed with your life as if you aren’t disabled… because they aren’t.

I genuinely like these types of posts in here because the consequences of their actions is finally apparent.

Edit: I’m an asshole too… typically representative of my downvotes here

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