Colleague of mine went in for a medical several months ago and had a BMI of between 30-31 and he's still out! Doctor required him to do a sleep study which came back as just over the normal limit (light sleep apnea? forget what term he mentioned) and his doctor is apparently holding him out until he does another study and gets to the normal range (whatever that is)
The guy feels he's being held hostage by the doctor as he tells me he can't find any GCAA requirement saying he cannot fly with this light sleep apena problem.
So are the EK doctors being watched so closely these days they're being overly protective of the crew?
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