Old 03-16-2015, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid View Post
When this came up a while back there was a pilot posting in a thread here who gave a real life experience. The problem seemed to be that the treatments the FAA wanted were not what a sane doctor would want you to do and the FAA didn't/doesn't consider losing weight a solution- they wanted surgery.

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Here I found his post:
Thanks, ftb

I think the best thing to do is to identify facilities that are reasonable, and working for you, instead of against you. I think this is an issue worth investigating, but the standards seem designed to funnel pilots into studies and treatment, and it seems as though those are designed to keep you trapped, and using expensive procedures and invasive solutions.

Which, as luck would have it, they provide.
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