I went for an AME medical exam. I passed everything but was on the boarder for color blindness and during the test, she kept making odd discussions about the plates which led me to get more wrong and fail the test. Then she said I needed proof that being on metformin was for prediabetes and that I have to go to the FAA website for a CACI. What the hell is a CACI? I said I can pull up the mychart diagnosis but she kept talking over me. I said I was worried because of the holiday (it was Dec 23rd) and wanted to get her in the information before leaving but she wasn't worried.
So I left, got home, and uploaded the documents. I didn't hear anything for a week and called the office. The only way to talk to someone is to click that you're a doctor, then they told me I needed more information, so I sent it. Still nothing until January 3rd when they said I also needed a blood test! So I quickly got it at Quest Diagnostic that day, but the Doctor sent my form in instead of waiting till Monday (the 14 days of the grace period the FAA gives).
This lady should not be taking the AME exams. Not only is she terrible at explaining things (you'd think being an MD will help this) but her office is completely incompetent. read more