Navy Aviation Medical Examiner

[krwhite]

What do y'all know about this? I know very little, but I need to consider it, since my anthros have DQ'd me from flight surgery. Is AME worth doing?

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[ProwlerturnGas]

What do y'all know about this? I know very little, but I need to consider it, since my anthros have DQ'd me from flight surgery. Is AME worth doing?

Have never met an actual AME while I was on active duty. It sounds like all the negatives of being a Flight doc without any positives. Why don't you go dive?

Surprised NAMI didn't waiver the anthros?

 

[Gastrapathy]

Nope. Just go be a GMO. Hey, look what I found...it's a year of your life back.

 

[orbitsurgMD]

What do y'all know about this? I know very little, but I need to consider it, since my anthros have DQ'd me from flight surgery. Is AME worth doing?

As others said, it is all the negatives and no positives. I doubt you would be assigned to a squadron or have the chance to deploy; you would just be a either a clinic doc doing physicals and sick call or, if you were lucky, find a ship billet. I am surprised they won't waiver you for helos.

I recommend you do something else altogether. The upside is you can be back in residency a year sooner.

 

[j4pac]

I believe that I would enjoy my job even if I was unable to fly. But you may be better off in GMO land.