FAA Sleep Apnea
11-17-2013, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tzskipper
I was thinking about this (kind of back of the napkin).... Over 15,000 hours of carrying pax, probably 5000 flights at 100 pax a flight... Meaning 500,000 pax carried, and I do not recall single inflight heart attack of any soul on board. I don't have the brain power to calculate the occurrence of MI inflight, but statistically it has to be almost non-existent.
I don't get it.
S
I don't get it.
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If the pilot loses weight and gets successful treatment, they can return. If not, they shouldn't return.
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11-17-2013, 06:54 PM
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Makes sense. They're going to start at BMI at 40 and move down, well above 25 you're overweight, bmi over 30 and you're obese.
When this pic was taken
Cam Newton came in at 6'5" and 248 lbs which by definition is a bmi of 29.4.
So that dude is not only overweight he's on the edge of obese. Just look at that fatso.
So if he was a pilot the FAA would put him in a OSA study and yank his medical and then do some flawed fixes that would cost him his career. I mean you can't have a guy who runs the 40 in 4.58 seconds fly a plane, he's nearly obese.
Well, I guess I'm not surprised. My medical requires me to wear glasses at all times. My combined vision is 20/15. The left eye is 20/25 and the right 20/15 so therefore I must wear glasses at all times. Do you know that they don't make lenses for correcting 20/25 to 20/20? I have to get stuff special ordered and it's not the right thing to wear and is considered bad for my long term vision but hey.... it's the FAA.
/Ftb 6'5" 255 and 17.5" neck.
When this pic was taken
Cam Newton came in at 6'5" and 248 lbs which by definition is a bmi of 29.4.
So that dude is not only overweight he's on the edge of obese. Just look at that fatso.
So if he was a pilot the FAA would put him in a OSA study and yank his medical and then do some flawed fixes that would cost him his career. I mean you can't have a guy who runs the 40 in 4.58 seconds fly a plane, he's nearly obese.
Well, I guess I'm not surprised. My medical requires me to wear glasses at all times. My combined vision is 20/15. The left eye is 20/25 and the right 20/15 so therefore I must wear glasses at all times. Do you know that they don't make lenses for correcting 20/25 to 20/20? I have to get stuff special ordered and it's not the right thing to wear and is considered bad for my long term vision but hey.... it's the FAA.
/Ftb 6'5" 255 and 17.5" neck.
11-17-2013, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
Makes sense. They're going to start at BMI at 40 and move down, well above 25 you're overweight, bmi over 30 and you're obese.
When this pic was taken
Cam Newton came in at 6'5" and 248 lbs which by definition is a bmi of 29.4.
So that dude is not only overweight he's on the edge of obese. Just look at that fatso.
So if he was a pilot the FAA would put him in a OSA study and yank his medical and then do some flawed fixes that would cost him his career. I mean you can't have a guy who runs the 40 in 4.58 seconds fly a plane, he's nearly obese.
Well, I guess I'm not surprised. My medical requires me to wear glasses at all times. My combined vision is 20/15. The left eye is 20/25 and the right 20/15 so therefore I must wear glasses at all times. Do you know that they don't make lenses for correcting 20/25 to 20/20? I have to get stuff special ordered and it's not the right thing to wear and is considered bad for my long term vision but hey.... it's the FAA.
/Ftb 6'5" 255 and 17.5" neck.
When this pic was taken
Cam Newton came in at 6'5" and 248 lbs which by definition is a bmi of 29.4.
So that dude is not only overweight he's on the edge of obese. Just look at that fatso.
So if he was a pilot the FAA would put him in a OSA study and yank his medical and then do some flawed fixes that would cost him his career. I mean you can't have a guy who runs the 40 in 4.58 seconds fly a plane, he's nearly obese.
Well, I guess I'm not surprised. My medical requires me to wear glasses at all times. My combined vision is 20/15. The left eye is 20/25 and the right 20/15 so therefore I must wear glasses at all times. Do you know that they don't make lenses for correcting 20/25 to 20/20? I have to get stuff special ordered and it's not the right thing to wear and is considered bad for my long term vision but hey.... it's the FAA.
/Ftb 6'5" 255 and 17.5" neck.
No wonder you get all the women.
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11-17-2013, 07:28 PM
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The way the article reads, having a high BMI and neck size means nothing regarding actual certification.
If you have sleep apnea, (which is already something that is disqualifying) then you will need to get that resolved.
Having a high BMI alone will do nothing at all to your ability to gain a first class medical certificate, according to that article. It appears the FAA is simply trying to start testing for a condition that is already on the no-no list, likely because they feel it is being under-reported.
You could be 5'5" and 450 lbs with a 24" neck, but as long as you don't have sleep apnea and your EKG is alright... you're still flying.
If you have sleep apnea, (which is already something that is disqualifying) then you will need to get that resolved.
Having a high BMI alone will do nothing at all to your ability to gain a first class medical certificate, according to that article. It appears the FAA is simply trying to start testing for a condition that is already on the no-no list, likely because they feel it is being under-reported.
You could be 5'5" and 450 lbs with a 24" neck, but as long as you don't have sleep apnea and your EKG is alright... you're still flying.
11-17-2013, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by wmuflyboy
Thats because BMI is a crock of shizzle
I'm a bit over 6' and weigh 178. My BMI is very close to the overweight category. If I weighed 40 pounds less, I'd still be in the normal weight range. Yikes.
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11-17-2013, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Wow, FTB and Cam Newton are only 7 lbs apart.
No wonder you get all the women.
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No wonder you get all the women.
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11-17-2013, 08:15 PM
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I think that Mesa Captain in 2008 that flew by Hilo had Sleep Apnea. The FAA even put up a brochure on it.
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pil...leep_Apnea.pdf
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pil...leep_Apnea.pdf
11-17-2013, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
No no. If the two of us stood next to each other you would have a great visual on what body fat % means.
No wonder you get all the women.
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