Yes. Bottled water is good enough. I went on a 6 month deployment without any RO water and its fine. Just need to clean minerals out occasionally.

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OK, here's the skinny on this. Delta is the only airline whose insurance will pay for a travel CPAP. But.... you might have to pull teeth a little in order to get that deal. The company is Apria, and they supposedly got a memo (from Delta I think or maybe UHC... I am not sure) in Jan of this year that said they would pay for a travel unit. You need to go online and look at the units... and then CALL THEM. that is where the tooth extraction comes in. They may or may not remember that they had that memo, and they need to be reminded of it. My wife did all this, and went back and forth between UHC and Apria numerous times, and Apria finally conceded that yes, it is in fact covered.

Good luck.

 

Thanks. I did an online chat with UHC and they sent me a form to fill out for that travel one, which is the Z2. What I failed to do was clarify that they’d do that on top of the AirSense, which will only cost about $130 out of pocket.

Thanks all for the info and reviews.

 

How did you find out you need it?

 

could not see his toes

 

That is a fairly ignorant assertion.

 

My wife had been on me for a while to get a sleep study done because of my snoring and the number of family members (none of them overweight) with OSA issues, so I did. The study showed mild (9 per hour) apnea.

 

Before anyone sees a Doctor for possible sleep apnea issue I would consult your AME. The FAA has a somewhat complicated protocol before allowing a pilot to return to flying who has a sleep apnea diagnosis. It might be good to also consult with AMAS. They can insure as smooth a process as possible and help avoid pitfalls.

 

Totally agree, and wish I had done that as well. That being said, for me anyway, it is a process but seems fairly straight forward, and much more streamlined than a few years ago. According to AMAS, a diagnosis of OSA does disqualify a medical, but only until 7 nights of data using treatment can be obtained. Then the treatment data and a slew of other paperwork from the pulmonologist is sent to the FAA. I can return to work while it is being evaluated. I do have to burn some sick time (I’m fine with that) to get the data in, but will be fine to work after that. Then I think it’s a paperwork issue to get a Special issuance, then have documented data showing 75% usage at least 6 hours a night every 12 months. Or something like that.

But your point is well taken. I should’ve looked into all this first, but I was convinced I did NOT have an OSA problem. Definitely go through AMAS first. It’s ‘free’ and takes the guesswork out of it.

 

Oh great, another government mask mandate thread!