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Sleep Apnea MWT/How do I get one? (UPDATED, Jan 2012)
So, I had my physical back in July, and due to my sleep apnea treatment, the AME obviously had to send it to OKC for final decision. Took them some time, but they came back and asked for an updated report from my treating doc, only asking for compliance and a handful of other observations. After the appointment with my treating doc, we made sure that everything they asked for was satisfactorily addressed in the report and sent back to them. Here we are 45 days after the last report was submitted to them, and I get another request in the mail saying that the report they recieved was not satisfactory and they would need a Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT).
I guess I shouldn't be shocked at this request since I've read enough here to know that that was a possibility. I guess what frustrates me the most is that they didn't just ask for this the first time around. All of the items they originally requested from my treating physician were well within any reasonable guidelines (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, no heart issues, etc.) yet they continue to defer to the MWT. Why didn't they just ask for that up front instead of jerking my chain around.
I've now quit flying becuase I'm not so sure that I can continue to dump money into this not knowing whether or not it will have a positive outcome from the Regulatory side of things. SO FRUSTRATING!!!
Ok, now that I have my venting done. A question for the masses. Does the MWT have to be done by an AME? How do I find out about getting one of these done? and at what cost? My AME has not been the most responsive to these types of questions (so responsive, he hasn't bothered to return the phone calls and emails asking him what to do next), so I come to the all knowing body of knowledge to find out. What next?
So, I had my physical back in July, and due to my sleep apnea treatment, the AME obviously had to send it to OKC for final decision. Took them some time, but they came back and asked for an updated report from my treating doc, only asking for compliance and a handful of other observations. After the appointment with my treating doc, we made sure that everything they asked for was satisfactorily addressed in the report and sent back to them. Here we are 45 days after the last report was submitted to them, and I get another request in the mail saying that the report they recieved was not satisfactory and they would need a Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT).
I guess I shouldn't be shocked at this request since I've read enough here to know that that was a possibility. I guess what frustrates me the most is that they didn't just ask for this the first time around. All of the items they originally requested from my treating physician were well within any reasonable guidelines (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, no heart issues, etc.) yet they continue to defer to the MWT. Why didn't they just ask for that up front instead of jerking my chain around.
I've now quit flying becuase I'm not so sure that I can continue to dump money into this not knowing whether or not it will have a positive outcome from the Regulatory side of things. SO FRUSTRATING!!!
Ok, now that I have my venting done. A question for the masses. Does the MWT have to be done by an AME? How do I find out about getting one of these done? and at what cost? My AME has not been the most responsive to these types of questions (so responsive, he hasn't bothered to return the phone calls and emails asking him what to do next), so I come to the all knowing body of knowledge to find out. What next?
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