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Aviation Medical Services of Alaska specializes in performing Aviation Medical Examinations, performing over 200 flight physicals per month. We we are experts in providing assistance to pilots with problematic Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical cases. While not every medically disqualified pilot can hope to have his or her Medical Certificate reinstated, many actually can, and the outcomeis often determinedby the quality of the supporting documentation rather than the actual medical condition in question.
Special Issuance is a certification category that allows issuance of time-limited Medical Certificates for pilots with disqualifying medical conditions, but whose conditions are stable enough for the FAA to allow them to fly. We are highly experienced in initial and recurrent Special Issuance processing as well as in less serious cases which require only routine regular medical monitoring. Wepride ourselves in our advocacy role of working together with the pilots' personal physicians and the FAA in order to provide the necessary documentation required for a favorable decision. There are many reasons that pilots can benefit from highly experienced Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) advocates. Pilots often do not understand that their AME might not collect all the required documentation, and their personal physicians often are unaware of the specific reports that the FAA requires in order to make a favorable determination. Pilots frequently find themselves stuck in the middle, bewildered by the process. Otherwho have lost their medicals years earlier might not realize that FAA regulations specific to their medical condition may have changed to their advantage, and that they might be able to fly again under new rules of Special Issuance. Commercial pilots often waste sick leave waiting for the FAA to process their medicals, only to find out weeks later that a missing report is holding things up. Most AMEs in the U.S. perform less than 25 FAA medical examinations per year, and are frequently unfamiliar with the FAA procedures required to process a variety of potentially medically disqualifying conditions. The most common reason for the FAA to deny a medical certificate application is lack of required documentation. Typical scenarios are that the pilot thinks their personal physician has sent in the required letterwhen they haven't; the AME only performs the physical exam but isn't very helpful in dealing with the FAA; and the pilot wonders why everyone seems to lose medical records when in reality, none have been sent, or they are incomplete. The pilot has no way to find out what the problem really is, nor how to fix it. And that is where Aviation Medical Services comes in. In Anchorage, we are at the crossroads of aviation, helping pilots across the entire spectrum of the industry. Aviation Medical Services is the premier aviation medical office in the state of Alaska, and we perform more pilot medical examinations than any other aero-medical office in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. We are experts in assisting pilots in getting their medical certrificates reinstated. Ourseasoned AMEs are Dr. Petra A. Illig, who started Aviation Medical Services in 2001, and Dr. Art Tilgner, who joined the practice in 2005. Dr. Illig is a former Regional Medical Director of Air Crew Health Services for Delta Air Lines, and Dr. Tilgner was the FAA Deputy Regional Flight Surgeon for Alaska for 10 years. Together, they have over 55 years experience in FAA aviation medical examinations! Wouldn't it be great to have someone entirely experienced in this process to guide you? Someone who could call the FAA and find out what the specific issues are, and arrange with your personal physician to have the required records sent? Someone to help discuss with your doctor what tests and reports are specifically needed? Someone to help make sure the check-list is complete? Someone to get advice from, as to thefeasibility of obtaining and maintaining a medical in the first place? No matter where you live, you can have the best in the business look into your flight physical problem, give you sound advice, and advocate for you every step of the way. If obtaining your FAA Medical Certificate is at all reasonable, we will give you the best assistance money can buy, for a very reasonable fee. Contact Aviation Medical Services To contact the staff at Aviation Medical Services, you can use the information to the left, or you can fill out the form below (which will send them an e-mail). If you use the form, please note that any fields marked with an * are required and that you must enter your e-mail address twice, so please ensure it matches. Thank you. |
