Government Prevents ATC & Pilot Fatigue

[No Joy]

In the infinite wisdom of our gobernment, they know that ATC and pilot fatigue is from sleep apnea, not from scheduling long hours or screwing up people's circadian rhythms (sleep cycle) by swinging shifts (irregular work hours).

FAA to check overweight pilots for restful sleep
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/11/19/overweight-pilots-faa/3642641/

The change means that aviation medical examiners will calculate each pilot's Body Mass Index, which calculates weight divided by height, when they are examined every six months or a year. Anyone with a BMI of at least 40 or who has at least a 17-inch neck would have to be evaluated by a sleep specialist.

FAA to check overweight pilots for restful sleep
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/11/19/overweight-pilots-faa/3642641/

Overweight airline pilots and air-traffic controllers are going to start getting a closer medical evaluation from the Federal Aviation Administration.

FAA's air surgeon, Fred Tilton, announced the "major" change in policy in a bulletin this month because of concerns that overweight pilots or controllers could lose sleep that could hurt their performance at work. Details will be released "shortly," he said.

AOPA to ask FAA to suspend implementation of new sleep apnea policy
Rule would require screening based on body mass index
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/...tion-of-new-sleep-apnea-policy.aspx?CMP=ADV:1

Not that I'm doubting that obesity and sleep apnea could be a factor in pilot fatigue, however I think scheduling is a much larger factor. How many crashes have been found to be the result of obesity and sleep apnea? I must be nuts for thinking that scheduling is more of a cause of pilot fatigue in commercial airline pilots.