Originally Posted by
Andy
Dr Frederick Tilton. Former FAA head of the AME branch.
FAA in Open Contempt of Pilots, Congress | Flying Magazine
He's the one that brought in sleep 'experts' who came up with this crap.
This should be interesting for international pilots who want to sleep during flight. Break out the CPAP and hook it up while trying to rest on a flight. ... for those that don't know, CPAP machines record usage.
Not only do they record it on an internal card but the newest ones are cellular and send it daily automatically. I can go online and see my stats for the last 14 days. If you are not using it then the insurance company footing the bill has the justification to stop paying for it. The daily uplink must not be the full data set because for the FAA report I had to order a download from the CPAP company which they did remotely after I put in a request for 2 weeks of data. I then received a two page report that analyzed the data set.
For me, two weeks on the machine, and I am seeing definite benefits. And there is an airplane mode on the machine and I have heard of long haul pilots who plug them in and use them during their flights.
Also had a friend and his wife was complaining that he always woke her up...they both got tested and he was fine but she ended up needing CPAP.