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Again, 40 bmi is a starting point but the goal is to test every pilot regardless of bmi. Theyll be happy to have a fat lazy but osa free guy with a bmi of 42 flying while an osa guy with bmi 23 and a great marathon time is grounded. Anyone who thinks this is about weight or health is asleep at the wheel and will be caught off guard and shocked at the FAAs solutions.
FTB, thanks for posting that comment from Tilton. I read it quite a while ago. f you look around a bit, you'll find where he expects ~90% of pilots to be diagnosed with OSA.
If these guys think that OSA is such a problem, they should demand that every FAA employee be subjected to OSA testing. But they're not doing that.