Welcome to the Aeromedical Committee website!

While it took a lot of hard work to get your pilot certificates, we all work each day to improve as aviators so we can continue to hold onto them. Your medical license, on the other hand, probably just took an hour in a small medical office, the ability to pay $150 in cash and maybe the need to sit through a few awkward jokes made by an elderly AME. Every time we fly, we try to exceed the expectations of the ATP certificate, attempting to avoid drawing unwanted attention to ourselves. But what happens when attention is draw toward our medical certificate?

The following information on when to contact the Compass MEC Aeromedical/HIMS Department can almost entirely be summarized as, “If you experience uncertainty, call us. Then, call AMAS.” We can’t stress that second part enough. Too often, pilots respond to a bad checkup with a new AME, a weird diagnosis from a primary care doctor that just finished residency, or a confusing letter from the FAA without first asking us about the best course of action.

Here are some examples of when your first thought should be to give ALPA Aeromedical a call.

  • Letter from the FAA regarding your medical certificate, including anything related to alcohol or drugs.
  • Any abnormal AME examinations or doctor visits, including a disqualifying diagnosis or just something written down that didn’t sit right with you.
  • Questions about approved medications, including times between use and flying, along with appropriate documentation.

While your personal AME might be experienced, or at least give off the confidence of a seasoned physician, AMAS should still be your primary source of guidance. AMAS will be able to tell you exactly what kind of documentation you need, any additional testing, whether or not you should be getting a second opinion, how to put your information together, how to submit it, what kind of amendments need to be made by the doctor, what the wait times will be to hear from the FAA and anything else needed to push you through with minimal effort.

Remember that this is the FAA we are talking about. In any bureaucracy, paperwork is everything. If you give them the wrong paperwork, the FAA will just ask for more. If it says something the wrong way, the FAA might need supplemental documentation. Post 9/11, due to security measure when mailing to the FAA, it takes them almost two weeks to receive your letters, so any back and forth dance you need to do with this with documents will just delay your ability to obtain a new medical. AMAS will make sure it was done right the first time.

To use the AMAS services as an ALPA member, you will need to use your ALPA number, which can be found using the ALPA Number Lookup: https://www.alpa.org/forgot-member-num/

Below is an excerpt of the AMAS webpage for ALPA members.

AMAS Website: https://www.aviationmedicine.com/consult-an-amas-physician/air-line-pilots-association-international-alpa/

Proudly serving the ALPA Membership since 1969
The AMAS team is proud to be the aeromedical service provider for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) members.

Eligibility
As part of your ALPA membership, members in good standing can contact our physicians and staff at no cost. For your convenience, the following membership categories are eligible for services:

AC – Active Member
SA / AS – Sick Active Member
AS – Sick Active Member
EA – Executive Active Member
AP – Apprentice Member
AR – Reactivated Member
F1 – Furloughed Member
GP – Grievance Pending Member
ML – Military Leave Member
PL – Personal Leave Member
EI – Executive Inactive Member
SI – Sick Inactive Member
NP*- Non-Member Paying Agency Fees

(*Members in the NP category are eligible provided the member is not an Objector.)

Members who are uncertain of their status should contact ALPA Membership Services at 1-888-359-2572, option 3.

Retired ALPA Members
Retired ALPA Members – members in RT status – AMAS is pleased to offer a discounted initial consultation with an AMAS physician at the rate of $70.00 per call/consultation and 20% discount off our standard service fees for case submissions to the FAA.

Contact Us
Please contact our office at (303) 341-4435 for assistance. We can be reached Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm (MDT) and voicemail is available after hours.

Submit Records
Please submit records to our office via mail, fax or email drop box:

Aviation Medicine Advisory Service
7000 S. Yosemite St., Ste 110
Centennial, CO 80112

Fax: (720) 343-2865

Although the ALPA contract does not include email services, as a courtesy we can accept your records if sent to email drop box at Records@aviationmedicine.com (Please note that this drop box is not for routine correspondence).


Mark L Nelson
Chairman
CPZ MEC Aeromedical & HIMS Committee