Last week I wrote about receiving my medical certificate in May 2013 that has an expiration date of July 31, 2013. I thought the expiration date was a typo. At the suggestion and advice of others on this forum, I visited my AME this morning. He informed me that the stated expiration date is one year from his first examination and is not a typo. I am now required to start all over again, with the exception of the AME exam, and have my physician redo the physical tests and resubmit the reports that the took the FAA ten months to review. This means that I would likely receive another two month certificate in May or June 2014.

It is obvious that repeating this procedure and expecting different results would be folly, so, as in a song that helped make Ken Rogers famous, I have to know when to fold em. Sad, but it is what it is. THe FAA doesn't want people my age starting to fly.