Originally Posted by
lbfowlerjrmd
thanks for making my point ... what u describe is not what faa directive does.
The FAA seems obsessively focused on OSA for whatever reason.
As for sleep disorders, if that truly is a safety concern, there are many careers that have it as bad, if not worse.
And I would argue that doctors are one of the careers that arguably have it even worse. The ridiculousness of most doctors' schedules, particularly in the first half of their careers, has most of the same factors affecting sleep habits/disorders in AD military.