FAA CRASHPADS Just 5m from the FAA Academy!

Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-19-ALLSRCE-61676

Yukatan said:
I'm a little stuck in my process and wondering if anyone can help - After I sent a past medical record to my medical POC and they forwarded it to the flight surgeon, it came back and my POC recommended I get a Psych Eval from a HIMS AME. She gave me a list to look through to contact the nearest near me so I did, and the AME that I spoke to mentioned that I need a 'P.I. #' and that if the FAA is not willing to pay for the eval it could cost up to $3000 - $6000 or more. I was a little confused as I was not told about this and mentioned that I would get back to him once I reached out to my POC for more info. I'm not sure if I caught the guy at a bad time or if maybe I should try another AME? I'm still waiting to hear back from my POC about this but I'm confused because I just want to get this scheduled and don't want to have to pay that much out of my own pocket.
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Personally I'd wait to hear for more information from your POC. Sounds like something that should be an easy answer for them.
 
Yukatan said:
I'm a little stuck in my process and wondering if anyone can help - After I sent a past medical record to my medical POC and they forwarded it to the flight surgeon, it came back and my POC recommended I get a Psych Eval from a HIMS AME. She gave me a list to look through to contact the nearest near me so I did, and the AME that I spoke to mentioned that I need a 'P.I. #' and that if the FAA is not willing to pay for the eval it could cost up to $3000 - $6000 or more. I was a little confused as I was not told about this and mentioned that I would get back to him once I reached out to my POC for more info. I'm not sure if I caught the guy at a bad time or if maybe I should try another AME? I'm still waiting to hear back from my POC about this but I'm confused because I just want to get this scheduled and don't want to have to pay that much out of my own pocket.
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I'd start calling all the doctors nearby and getting quotes, that's intense. Let us know what your POC says
 
Yukatan said:
I'm a little stuck in my process and wondering if anyone can help - After I sent a past medical record to my medical POC and they forwarded it to the flight surgeon, it came back and my POC recommended I get a Psych Eval from a HIMS AME. She gave me a list to look through to contact the nearest near me so I did, and the AME that I spoke to mentioned that I need a 'P.I. #' and that if the FAA is not willing to pay for the eval it could cost up to $3000 - $6000 or more. I was a little confused as I was not told about this and mentioned that I would get back to him once I reached out to my POC for more info. I'm not sure if I caught the guy at a bad time or if maybe I should try another AME? I'm still waiting to hear back from my POC about this but I'm confused because I just want to get this scheduled and don't want to have to pay that much out of my own pocket.
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You have to pay for any testing that needs to be done.
 
That's a rough price to pay. It looks like my POC is off today too. Hoping to have some news to share after the long weekend.
 
luchito said:
You said she "recommended." Did she say this is the only way forward? That's a lot of money, hope you can figure it out
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Should've worded that differently, but it's the only way forward. I wonder how many others have gone through this process and have actually had success. It would really be unfortunate to drop the money only to be denied medical.
 
Yukatan said:
Should've worded that differently, but it's the only way forward. I wonder how many others have gone through this process and have actually had success. It would really be unfortunate to drop the money only to be denied medical.
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Idk if you have or not, but maybe someone in the 2018 bid thread has. Might be worth it to ask if you haven't already.
 
WaterToGo said:
The latest hiring bid that doesn't require prior experience is here which opened June of 2019. The TOLs went out around October/November of 2019. I don't think there will be anymore TOLs from that bid. There are plans for a new hiring bid coming out later this month.
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Last I heard, there is supposed to be an OTS bid opening up on January 24th for three days or until a certain amount of applicants have applied.
 
Hey guys, is it worth calling my rep to ask where I am in the process? He hasn't been answering my emails lately.

Finished all my clearances (emailed them and confirmed that they submitted/emailed my rep) and I'm literally just waiting for an FOL.
 
lIlIllllIIII|||| said:
Hey guys, is it worth calling my rep to ask where I am in the process? He hasn't been answering my emails lately.

Finished all my clearances (emailed them and confirmed that they submitted/emailed my rep) and I'm literally just waiting for an FOL.
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If they gave you a class date then might take a couple weeks for the FOL
 
Has anyone had to take the ATCOV secondary color vision test for this bid? Wondering the timeframe between initial physical and scheduling the ATCOV
 

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