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As someone who refused to get one after years of complaints from my wife, it has changed my life. Its a super pain in the butt to travel with (the full size one), but I feel it when I can't use it. I'm at about a 99.4% compliance rate in its use, on the odd day when I don't use it or don't...

Thank you for the very detailed explanation. I appreciate it!

Finally received an updated medical from the FAA after receiving an initial class 3 in the office last year. The letter spells out what I need to get pretty well however what it doesn’t explain well is who to submit the documents to and how…. According to the letter the medical issues by the...

7 months for my SI for sleep apnea.

Does your SI letter state you need to do another sleep study? I just got my SI letter and looks like all I need to do to keep the SI compliant is to have my doc fill out and sign a progress report, my machine report, and one other thing to be sent to the FAA. I’m old(er) so mine is not valid...

Absolutely!, and thanks for the reminder!

Confirmed, thank you!

Thankfully this wasn’t a certified letter, and confirmed it is my SI letter. It took 7 (almost 8) months for a class 3 SI letter for sleep apnea… Although the letter has another medical attached which looks exactly like the one provided in the office… Very happy to see the 40 hrs and 8k I’ve...

Thanks, the letter was my SI. So I can rest easy and basicmed on….

Some of you may have seen a few messages from me over the past year or so. I received a class 3 from an AME back in July 2023 for sleep apnea and a couple other things that have been evaluated and favorable progress reports written by providers. All was submitted by my AME and he issued in the...

I’m one of the people who wishes I had gotten a CPAP 20 yrs ago. I sleep so much better with it than without. My only gripe is traveling with it sucks. I only have one machine and it’s not the smallest thing in the world. But for me it’s been night and day and I was a positional “mild” case...

I did a consult and eventual 3rd class with Dr. John Burress he’s based out of Boston. I’d go back, he’s a HIMS AME, he was knowledgeable about all the rules etc.

It doesn’t say. So I’d assume (hate that word) 2 years. The only date present is the issue date.

Thanks for the replies. Gave Oklahoma a call and they were pretty much useless. They could see I had a class 3, basically said wait more time. If I don’t get a letter, do I continue to treat it as a standard 2 yr issue (over 40) or do I schedule another class 3 physical and provide the AME the...

Hi all, I was issued in office back in July for a class 3 initial with a history of OSA. Had a consult, got what was required before the actual exam and the AME issued in the office, scanned all my docs and submitted it all to the FAA. I walked out of the office with what appears to be a...

Thank you!

That’s where I’m confused. I’m an initial issue case for obstructive sleep apnea which according to the documentation I’ve read requires a special issuance. Yet I’ve read on this board that if you have all the required documents ready to go an AME can issue in the office. When I went in for a...

Same, same. Best of luck to you!

Perhaps my post wasn’t very clear. I was issued a class 3 in the office by the AME. As it was related to sleep apnea, I was expecting a letter from the FAA with special issuance language. I may have misunderstood what I’ve read but I would expect since it was an initial issue for a class 3...

I’m on month 3 waiting on a SI letter for OSA that the AME issued in the office as I had all the docs ready to go…hoping there wasn’t any loose threads for them to see and pull that we both weren’t aware of.