Just got a Class 2 medical hiccup (a request for a blood test) which, while I will comply, will cost additional money (on top of the ~$400 already outlaid) and serve no real purpose other than to tick a box somewhere in the bowels of AVMED. This, after waiting six weeks for a response after the date of my medical. And then I'll have to do it all again in under twelve months, because AVMED won't give me a standard 2 year (over 40) renewal due to a completely treated, non-varying medical condition, which is so well controlled that I'm actually in better shape than the general pilot population. And AVMED knows this, having read my renewals for the last several years.
Still, it is what it is. And what it is, is a strong discouragement against attempting to commit private/general aviation in this country. That's why we're leaving. I'm just stubborn, I guess.
Last edited by Godot64; 5th Aug 2016 at 15:28.
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