Originally Posted by
Facebitten
but the moment they said
losing weight was not a faa approved solution then it became apparent their focus is not on flight safety or health but rather surgeries.
........what..........
if you have a high Bmi and osa and the Feds ground you and you say, hey, let me lose weight and maybe the osa will go away, (according to those who've been down this path) the faa will say no. Losing weight is not a solution, surgery is. Hence, this isn't about weight but osa.
People are getting (understandably) sidetracked over Bmi. The faa doesn't care about your bmi whether you have 20, 30, 40, doesn't matter. They are just looking for osa. So to them:
- BMI 40 pilot, no osa...... good to go.
- BMI 23 pilot, no sleep issues at work, but osa..... grounded required treatment.
So while some may rejoice in fat pilots getting faa scrutiny, truth is, fat pilots with no osa will have a medical, skinny pilots with osa will not.