I few days ago I went to renew my medical with a new AME. My usual AME retired and is no longer doing them. I’ve never had an issue with OSA until this time. I’m confused how I ended up in group 5 and how the AME came to this conclusion.

I got asked the usual questions like...

Do you snore. No
Do you get restful sleep. Yes
Do you take naps. No
Etc.

He went further and measured my neck. He used a higher BMI from a prior medical. He examined my throat and jaw line. He dinged me for be male. He dinged me for my age (43). He dinged me for controlled high blood pressure.

In the past an AME has just asked the OSA type questions and moved along and don’t understand why this guy took it to another level or if it was out of line for him to do so.

Anyways my medical is kind of in limbo at this point. It was issued to me and I’m not even certain of it was differed or denied. I went on the FAA MedXpress Page and it says that my data has not been transmitted?

I talked to my doctor and he does not think a sleep study is necessary but he is hesitant to provide a letter when the government is involved.