Appealing CAA refusal???
Thread Starter
Ignorance is bliss! 1700 people were killed on UK roads in 2012...
After complaining I seem to have been assigned another AME who seems to have a good work ethic. He even phoned me the other day!!!!
Hopefully I will get this all sorted out before I get kicked off the FPP. The impression that I've gained in the last six months is that it seems to be run much like a flying club for retired GP's
I too was told I had a high blood pressure reading and had to get my missus to take it again when I got home. Her take was that they hadn't followed the hypertension society guidelines for measuring blood pressure. On their website it clearly says you should be in a sitting position and wait at least five minutes without speaking before recording the pressure. Mine was taken lying on the couch with no warning.
I was always brought up to respect those in authority and that would include doctors however this experience will make me a far less 'compliant' patient in the future...
Thanks for the supportive comments, I won't give up!
After complaining I seem to have been assigned another AME who seems to have a good work ethic. He even phoned me the other day!!!!
Hopefully I will get this all sorted out before I get kicked off the FPP. The impression that I've gained in the last six months is that it seems to be run much like a flying club for retired GP's
I too was told I had a high blood pressure reading and had to get my missus to take it again when I got home. Her take was that they hadn't followed the hypertension society guidelines for measuring blood pressure. On their website it clearly says you should be in a sitting position and wait at least five minutes without speaking before recording the pressure. Mine was taken lying on the couch with no warning.
I was always brought up to respect those in authority and that would include doctors however this experience will make me a far less 'compliant' patient in the future...
Thanks for the supportive comments, I won't give up!
Last edited by Capewell; 27th Oct 2015 at 13:00.
Advice 1:
If you do anything else, get your medical records. Preferably, get THEIR medical records on you.
They hate telling you anything, so this way you know as much as they do.
You will probably have to pay £50 for this, and they will take 21 days (the max allowed).
Advice 2:
Read EVERYTHING. If you have been flying a while, there will be pages and pages of crap, and some nuggets of information.
The mistakes on mine were staggering. Errors, wrong information fed in by AME's, etc.
One medical a few years ago, I apparently lost 6cm off my height, only to grow back the next year? Why did they not question this?!
Advice 3:
Data protection - get them to put it right.
Advice 4:
Purchase deck-chair, and wait a very long time for anything to happen.
DON'T GIVE UP.
To be honest, the wrong information that goes in can seriously affect your career. I think the law needs changing so you see it before it is put on file. Electronic reporting makes this worse, as there never is a piece of paper they put in your hand.
If you do anything else, get your medical records. Preferably, get THEIR medical records on you.
They hate telling you anything, so this way you know as much as they do.
You will probably have to pay £50 for this, and they will take 21 days (the max allowed).
Advice 2:
Read EVERYTHING. If you have been flying a while, there will be pages and pages of crap, and some nuggets of information.
The mistakes on mine were staggering. Errors, wrong information fed in by AME's, etc.
One medical a few years ago, I apparently lost 6cm off my height, only to grow back the next year? Why did they not question this?!
Advice 3:
Data protection - get them to put it right.
Advice 4:
Purchase deck-chair, and wait a very long time for anything to happen.
DON'T GIVE UP.
To be honest, the wrong information that goes in can seriously affect your career. I think the law needs changing so you see it before it is put on file. Electronic reporting makes this worse, as there never is a piece of paper they put in your hand.
Thread Starter
Well I got there in the end, but only after a lot of arsing around...
For the benefit of anyone reading this in the future, the best advice I can give from my persepective would be;
1. Obtain all of your medical records and keep your own copies
2. Go and see your own specialist. Try and get a consultant from a recognised centre of excellence rather then a district general hospital.
3. Make a complaint in writing if you think they are taking an unreasonable amount of time. I eventually had to send a couple of weary letters to the chief medical officer to get things moving.
4. Be polite to the admin staff that answer the phone, they will actually help you out if you are nice to them and need stuff passing to the AME's more quickly.
5. As per the other good advice on this thread, DONT GIVE UP!!!
For the benefit of anyone reading this in the future, the best advice I can give from my persepective would be;
1. Obtain all of your medical records and keep your own copies
2. Go and see your own specialist. Try and get a consultant from a recognised centre of excellence rather then a district general hospital.
3. Make a complaint in writing if you think they are taking an unreasonable amount of time. I eventually had to send a couple of weary letters to the chief medical officer to get things moving.
4. Be polite to the admin staff that answer the phone, they will actually help you out if you are nice to them and need stuff passing to the AME's more quickly.
5. As per the other good advice on this thread, DONT GIVE UP!!!
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"Exsp33............." er, can't manage the rest but, look, in reply to "You are not driving home are you?" I would have been impressed with ; " Of course I'm driving home............I am to sick to walk ! "
