First Special Issuance for a Medical Condition (2)

• Consult an AME (An EAA Pilot-Advocate AME?)

• Expect your records to be insufficiently detailed, or incomplete
• Encourage the AME to telephone the Regional Flight Surgeon with questions (they are incredibly helpful)

• After you're confident you have all the needed data in place, then have a flight physical, with deferral of your certificate. Get a copy of the 8500-8

• Express all the records with a copy of your 8500-8 to OKC under a cover letter requesting special issuance. (The Regional Flight Surgeon's office may work the case, in which case your AME will give you that address or fax records) Contact information for regional flight surgeons - http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/rfs/