Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Two mesa pilots in a CRJ fell asleep, overshot one of the Hawaiian islands, headed out to sea and almost flamed out before they made it back to land. CA had OSA for sure, I believe that incident was the catalyst although the post-colgan fatigue studies probably played a role.
Also any of a number of fatigue-involved accidents might have been affected in the past. It's a reasonable suspicion, and can't be disproved.
Rick forgot to bid already poked a giant hole in your argument. But I gotta ask, are you just playing devil's advocate? Or do you actually believe we need stricter medical standards in this profession? If it's the latter what would make you feel that would increase safety? And I'd like examples of where tougher medical standards would have prevented an accident.