What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Apnea

[SportPilotCO]

Interesting.. the FAA hurriedly organizes a Webinar to state that they are going to press ahead with the sleep apnea policy changes. I missed the original webinar and signed up for the archive. They emailed me back a link to load up the archive. I tried it several times and it said the webinar was being prepared for the archive. Suddenly it was gone and all evidence of it existing from the company they had host it is gone. It says the presentation no longer exists. I am curious if anyone knows where this archive might be? I am wondering if the FAA realized the politics related to the message weren't popular and made the webinar go away? Just curious

Carl

 

[frfly172]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

The FAA has notified the AMEs to put the sleep apnea directive on hold for now.

 

[SportPilotCO]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

That is what I heard too but then apparently not according to what was said in the webinar?

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/...orward-with-sleep-apnea-policy.aspx?CMP=ADV:2

"But during the nearly two-hour webinar, Dr. Fred Tilton, who was joined by Dr. Mark Rosekind of the NTSB and Dr. Mark Ivey, a board-certified sleep specialist, characterized the sleep apnea screening requirements as a “process enhancement” rather than a policy change. As a result, Tilton said, the FAA does not need to, and won’t, go through the rulemaking process. He added that the policy will be implemented in early January when AMEs will receive formal guidance from the FAA."

 

[RJM62]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

Looks like someone at FAA was asleep on the job.

-Rich

 

[mnewb1]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

I was on the webinar, I definitely did not hear a directive to AMEs to put it on hold. What he did say was that the full directive would be out in the AME guide in January.

 

[bbchien]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

I was there also. And newps is accurate.
And it is the declared intent to allow the initial evaluation to be a home overnight sleep study.

I do detect some difficulty ahead as the AASM thinks that an observed study is necessary to rule out other issues. I have inquired, we'll see if they answer. Dr. Lomangino has his hands full.

Also adding some direction as to AME inquiry into symptoms.

2 hours of Rob Hackman making an a_se out of himself 3 times.

Coming in early January.

 

[mnewb1]

Re: What Happened to the Archive of the FAA Federal Air Surgeon's Webinar on Sleep Ap

I was there also. And newps is accurate.
And it is the declared intent to allow the initial evaluation to be a home overnight sleep study.

I do detect some difficulty ahead as the AASM thinks that an observed study is necessary to rule out other issues. I have inquired, we'll see if they answer. Dr. Lomangino has his hands full.

Also adding some direction as to AME inquiry into symptoms.

2 hours of Rob Hackman making an a_se out of himself 3 times.

Coming in early January.

right