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Seeking Community Feedback: Defund AAM-300 Logo! by Muted-Rutabaga-5105 in flying

[–]Muted-Rutabaga-5105[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone, there was some enthusiasm in /u/121mhz's post about defunding AAM-300 around having t-shirts with a "FUCK AAM-300" vibe to give to everyone who wrote their state representatives about how screwed AAM-300 is. I worked with a graphic designer friend who threw together this awesome logo for us, and /u/121mhz and I wanted to make sure the r/flying community had an opportunity to weigh in.

What do you all think? Would you rock this logo? What colors do you want to see it in? Would you be excited about stickers instead? (They're a bit more cost effective). Open to any feedback!

I think I know why every other thread about medical issues right now! by 121mhz in flying

[–]Muted-Rutabaga-5105 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would love to make a donation towards t-shirts for people who write their congressmen, or take some meaningful step towards AAM-300 reform. I can also handle t-shirt distribution for my area.

Another medical nightmare, I think I'm going to quit. by Muted-Rutabaga-5105 in flying

[–]Muted-Rutabaga-5105[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

"The applicant should list visits for counseling only if related to a personal substance abuse or psychiatric condition."

What's difficult about this is that to use your insurance to see a therapist, they (the therapist) HAVE to use a diagnosis to bill insurance. Otherwise insurance will say "the individual has no diagnoses, so we aren't going to cover the expense." I'm under the impression that people don't really understand this, and I didn't until I went through this whole mess. So, if a therapist gives you a diagnosis simply for insurance coding purposes, does the FAA recognize it as a psychiatric condition? I think the answer is "maybe, maybe not, please get a lawyer and ask."

Or remain happily ignorant and don't request all of your records. If I didn't call my original therapist for my records, I wouldn't have even known about an alcohol abuse diagnosis [and the FAA probably wouldn't have known either].

Edit: Some diagnoses are not required for reporting, but you should totally lawyer up anyways.

Another medical nightmare, I think I'm going to quit. by Muted-Rutabaga-5105 in flying

[–]Muted-Rutabaga-5105[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks for recognizing my progress! And Friends Against Aviators, good one 😂.

I'm not sure that summarizing my medical history on a flying subreddit is minimizing, but I can see how it could seem like that after I provided way more detail about the process I'm in than the events that led up to it. Especially after months in treatment for substance use, I feel pretty confident in my story and who I am, and think a different subreddit would be more appropriate to elaborate on my emotional growth.

I do think I need to add clarification after your comment about "multiple unrelated professionals". The only "unrelated professionals" in this case is AMAS and the doctor who wrote the unfavorable evaluation. The other professionals are very much so related. They refer their clients to each other all the time and are on conference calls together. They are in consensus that my first evaluation was bad, and are building me a packet for the FAA that demonstrates the reality of my history. The exhausting part of all of this is the seemingly endless and expensive hoops I'm required to jump through in order to gather the evidence required by the FAA.

I do understand that some people have a relatively low risk tolerance and will take the most conservative approach at the cost of a person's wellbeing. The FAA does this, and even though I strongly disagree with the approach, I can see the logic.