How fat can you be before the AME gets suspicious?

[ThickPilot]

I’m a rather jolly man looking to get his 3rd class

how high of a score I can make on the BMI chart before the AME tries to make me get a CPAP?

god bless

 

[Fearless Tower]

BMI greater than 35 is the trigger if you have not been previously screened.

 

[FancyG]

I'm 40 bmi - 6'1" 300# 38"w no mention of CPAP at last Class 3. YMMV

 

[schmookeeg]

I'm 40 bmi - 6'1" 300# 38"w no mention of CPAP at last Class 3. YMMV

I'd like the name of your AME and the amount of scratch he needed passed in an anonymous envelope to secure that result

 

[Fearless Tower]

I'm 40 bmi - 6'1" 300# 38"w no mention of CPAP at last Class 3. YMMV

So, you found an AME who pencil whips.

FAA guidance to AMEs seems pretty clear.

 

[FancyG]

I'd like the name of your AME and the amount of scratch he needed passed in an anonymous envelope to secure that result

I'm literally the size/build of a NFL lineman and do 500 pushups daily. My neck is 22". Maybe an outlier.