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Don't regular folks with sleep apnea, diagnosed or not, drive on the roads all day long too?
Something I'm frankly not cool with. If you have a diagnosed condition that causes chronic sleep deprivation, there should be serious restrictions about having a license.
Anyone responsible for hundreds/thousands of lives at a time, though, is in a completely different category! Pilots, bus drivers, train operators...they should all have tests to ensure that they are capable of operating those machines safely. I don't really see how this regulation is that harmful to business interests. This should just be standard across the board!
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What about pilots, ship captains, cops, congressmen, presidents, soldiers....
For pilots, the lowest class medical, 3rd Class required for private pilots, sleep apnea will have you sent to a sleep lab at your expense to possibly get a waiver for the condition, I'd guess higher level medicals are more stringent.
A large percentage of the population wants marajuana legalized but you are worried about sleep apnea?
I bet many people claiming fake outrage over this support drug legalization.
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