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Old 08-28-2022, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SkiBum95 View Post
Broad question, I’m finishing my active duty retirement time and am already 50% seniority at a major airline. I’m thinking about going in and getting checked for apnea on the mil side before I retire. If I do, and it comes back positive, how does that transfer to my AME/current FAA Class 1?
You'll be grounded. Then you'll have to do whatever protocols the FAA needs (sleep study IIRC?), and will probably need to use a portable CPAP on airline overnights. Maybe it's just a paperwork drill, depending on what the mil does. But if the mil just documents it, then you'll be jumping through some FAA hoops. Months worth I'd guess.

If you need to, then you need to. But I probably wouldn't go fishing for a VA % that's going to cost you way more on the airline side than the VA will pay.
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