God, you should hear all the fat basses at my airline complaining about how 40 or greater is just "big boned"..... f*ck!

I'm 5'11" and 39.9 BMI is about 286lbs!

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Just remember boys and girls, one in three people have Sleep Apnea regardless of neck size or weight.

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Wow! Any fattie who can dodge a bullet must be in superb physical condition, and should be excused from these tests. :D

I concur! :D

Yup.

I'm also 5'11 and weigh 180lb...which gives me a BMI of 25.1.

Anything 25 or greater is considered "overweight". :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

I'm going to preface my comments with the fact that I am in shape so this isn't me being defensive.

Why do YOU care how much a person weighs? This isn't a physical job anymore than am accountant so being "in shape" is optional. Why are you all so eager and excited to see people potentially lose their certificates and/or fork out an obscene amount of money to continue to be able to work?

I'm a little overweight and I think there should be some sort of "testing" for morbidly obese pilots... But going by the BMI is not the way to do it. I haven't even heard a medical professional refer to BMI since middle school it's so outdated.

Alcohol and tobacco use on your private time will next.
They will come to your home at any time without advance
notice, and you must provide a sample, all in the name
of "safety".

Come on. You know the real reason why. These guys figure every senior guy they weed out is another seniority number closer to their wide-body left seat wet dream.

Its the same reason they were howling about the Age-65 rule.