CRJDriver
Well-Known Member
/rant
I passed my ATP checkride in April and was issued a temporary certificate. Since I was furloughed 121 and had to deal with the expired written exam issue, we couldn’t use IACRA and had to do a paper 8710. No problem there.
Two weeks later I get a call from my DPE, saying my 8710 never made it passed the FSDO, because he forgot to fill out and check one of the boxes. Said he would make the necessary corrections and would send it in again. Fine. No problem.
It is the beginning of July, three months after my checkride, and I still haven’t received my Plastic certificate. I called up the Airmen Services Branch in OKC to see if they have received my 8710 and if there are any problems. I was told my 8710 was never received! I call up my DPE and told him about it, and he assured me he would send over another copy of my 8710 to the FSDO.
It is the beginning of Augutst now, 4 months after my checkride and getting close to having to get another temporary. Again, I call up OKC and see if they got it this time around. Yup, we got it on July 22, but we had to send it back because neither the DPE or FSDO signed it. What the hell? So, Monday I called my local FSDO and requested to speak to my DPE’s POI to see what’s going on and if they got the correction notice already on my 8710. The only person I got was a secretary, but she told me to leave him a message, and he is pretty good at getting back to people. Well, it has been 3 days and I still haven’t heard jack…
Now, am I just having bad luck or does the FSDO have no clue how to do paper 8710 anymore? I’m at the point where I’ll have to call up and make an appointment to talk to them in person, which I’ll probably have to do anyway, since I’ll most likely need another temporary. I’m not actively flying right now, but it is still frustrating….
/end rant
I passed my ATP checkride in April and was issued a temporary certificate. Since I was furloughed 121 and had to deal with the expired written exam issue, we couldn’t use IACRA and had to do a paper 8710. No problem there.
Two weeks later I get a call from my DPE, saying my 8710 never made it passed the FSDO, because he forgot to fill out and check one of the boxes. Said he would make the necessary corrections and would send it in again. Fine. No problem.
It is the beginning of July, three months after my checkride, and I still haven’t received my Plastic certificate. I called up the Airmen Services Branch in OKC to see if they have received my 8710 and if there are any problems. I was told my 8710 was never received! I call up my DPE and told him about it, and he assured me he would send over another copy of my 8710 to the FSDO.
It is the beginning of Augutst now, 4 months after my checkride and getting close to having to get another temporary. Again, I call up OKC and see if they got it this time around. Yup, we got it on July 22, but we had to send it back because neither the DPE or FSDO signed it. What the hell? So, Monday I called my local FSDO and requested to speak to my DPE’s POI to see what’s going on and if they got the correction notice already on my 8710. The only person I got was a secretary, but she told me to leave him a message, and he is pretty good at getting back to people. Well, it has been 3 days and I still haven’t heard jack…
Now, am I just having bad luck or does the FSDO have no clue how to do paper 8710 anymore? I’m at the point where I’ll have to call up and make an appointment to talk to them in person, which I’ll probably have to do anyway, since I’ll most likely need another temporary. I’m not actively flying right now, but it is still frustrating….
/end rant
