Maintenance of Wakefullness Test

[papa77]

Dr.

I have received a letter from the RFS asking for a MWT. I have received the referral for the test from my ENT Doctor. But, the sleep lab insist that their protocol is four forty-minute test periods. The letter from the RFS says the "suggested protocol" is for four twenty minute periods.

Am I making it harder on myself by doing the longer test periods? Should I insist on another sleep lab that will give me the twenty-minute test periods? Will the FAA hold it against me if I do well the first twenty minutes of the test but, have problems the last twenty minutes of each session?

Thanks. You have been a lot of help.

 

[My Flight Surgeon]

I would see if you can find a lab that does exactly what the FAA requests. This may be hard to do though. As to what they would do with the last 20 minutes of a 40 minute study, I do not know.