Bad AME

Interestingly, that's just what I decided to do. I'm calling them now.

"Wiz" wrote in message
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Interestingly, that's just what I decided to do. I'm calling them now.


Much better than ****ing off an doctor and having him deny your next medical
or having his friends deny it. Probably was not the doctors fault they hire
secretaries to do all their paperwork they just sign it. Just don't go back
to that AME!

I really don't think would use this particular AME in the future, if I were
in his shoes. I would report him to anybody I thought would listen.

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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"Wiz" wrote in message
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Interestingly, that's just what I decided to do. I'm calling them now.


Much better than ****ing off an doctor and having him deny your next
medical
or having his friends deny it. Probably was not the doctors fault they
hire
secretaries to do all their paperwork they just sign it. Just don't go
back
to that AME!

NW_PILOT wrote:
"Wiz" wrote in message
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Interestingly, that's just what I decided to do. I'm calling them now.


Much better than ****ing off an doctor and having him deny your next medical
or having his friends deny it. Probably was not the doctors fault they hire
secretaries to do all their paperwork they just sign it. Just don't go back
to that AME!


How is it not the doctor's fault? The doctor is who SIGNS the medical
and attests to the FAA and the public he has done the examination. It's
up to him to oversee any delegation of that duty he does to his staff?

I'd doubt seriously that this clown has any friends among the other
AME's in the area.

I'd doubt seriously that this clown has any friends among the other
AME's in the area.



And then again you never know!

NW_PILOT" NW_PILOT@"(nospammeok) wrote:
I'd doubt seriously that this clown has any friends among the other
AME's in the area.



And then again you never know!


I think it's safe to assume, if I were the AME's best friend and he told me he
got screwed over by one of his patients, that I would promptly forget the name
of the offender. I might remember what happened to my friend but not who did it
to him. Doctors have enough crap to remember as it is without having to worry
about some other doctor's disgruntled patients.

I wouldn't worry about his friends. Remember, these AME's are competitors.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Ron Natalie wrote:

How is it not the doctor's fault? The doctor is who SIGNS the medical
and attests to the FAA and the public he has done the examination. It's
up to him to oversee any delegation of that duty he does to his staff?

I agree with Ron here, not only because he has an ethical responsibiity
and his office staff's mistakes are his, too, but because he didn't
seem to give a damn when I informed him of it. Granted, my having to
cancel my checkride is a big deal to me and probably no one else, but
my contacting him about this seemed just to be an annoyance to him. He
clearly didn't want to have to follow up on it (and didn't, by the
way...)

Wiz

Possible solution -- called the FAA again today, and a very helpful
person in Medical Certification Customer Service told me if I faxed the
certificate in my possession to them, with a note of explanation, she
would change the number on my record to match the certificate I have.
Still no contact from the AME's office.

By the way, I neglected to mention that the AME's office also changed a
digit in my social security number. The FAA fixed that for me once
they found my record.

OK - hopefully the last chapter. AME actually called me today,
admitted the office mistake, and had faxed info to the FAA who just
changed the number to the number of the certificate I was given.
Thanks for the support/suggestions...