Before the FAA approved stamp that was the reason, all devices for use in flight must be FAA compliant.
I am not due to CPAP upgrade until Feb 2012, I will be getting the Resmed for sure.
I lucked out. I am on my thrid CPAP since 2008. I had a sleep study about a year after I started the therapy. My pressure had changed enough that I needed a new CPAP, actually a VPAP. The unit I have now was recently released than but my Home equipment provider did not dispense that one. A few months ago, my VPAP started acting up. IN the mean time the provider had started stocking the S9 series VPAP.
The S9 has many cool features. The hose has sensors that sense ambient temperature and humidity and heat the hose accordingly to prevent rain out.
The data card it uses is the regular SD card where as the S8 used proprietary interface.
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
In tropical countries I can get by without a humidifier if I don't use A/C in the room. A lot less wight to haul without the humidifier.
I agree with you.
However I do not have a choice in my accommodations and some places there is no in room control of the A/C. Since the CPAP is exempted from carryon limit as a personal needed medical device I just bring the humidifying unit around.
I would not do that in the early days as the heated humidified (14yrs ago) was quite a large unit.
I am awaiting my Resmed 9 (Feb2012) with great anticipation due to your recommendations.
However I do not have a choice in my accommodations and some places there is no in room control of the A/C. Since the CPAP is exempted from carryon limit as a personal needed medical device I just bring the humidifying unit around.
I would not do that in the early days as the heated humidified (14yrs ago) was quite a large unit.
I am awaiting my Resmed 9 (Feb2012) with great anticipation due to your recommendations.
I know you will enjoy it. It's a great unit. Unlike the S8 series which had a proprietary data card and interface, S9 has an SD card. If you have the software, you can download the data and analyse it yourself.
My husband was not allowed to use his CPAP on CX. He has a small machine, but Cathay disallows the use of any CPAP. He was given documentation by the FA and was also met by a CX employee in HKG with more documentation.
My husband was not allowed to use his CPAP on CX. He has a small machine, but Cathay disallows the use of any CPAP. He was given documentation by the FA and was also met by a CX employee in HKG with more documentation.
Sorry to hear this. I heard they instituted a 'new policy' -- can you elaborate? Did he get pre-clearance? Was he in biz or first class? Did he need their power or have his own battery.
I've used cpap on CX twice but that was back in late 2010 and early 2011 - on their JFK/HK routes in business class and all was fine.
I heard they instituted a 'new policy' -- can you elaborate? Did he get pre-clearance? Was he in biz or first class? Did he need their power or have his own battery.
I've used cpap on CX twice but that was back in late 2010 and early 2011 - on their JFK/HK routes in business class and all was fine.
I believe that the issue was he didn't have battery packs and wanted to plug into the seat power. He was given a sheet from their operations manual, 1-11-43, dated 11 Jun 12. We were flying in F.
12.4
No medical electronic devices shall be allowed to be plugged into any onboard power outlets, including the inseat power outlets, for operating and recharging the device. Passenger is required to bring the batteries onboard for the use of such devices because the outlets are not certified or designed for such use.
Back from 3 weeks in Asia. UA flights EWR/Tokyo in biz class had power for cpap. Even had nice chat with FA re his Aeiomed unit with humidifier and battery pak. Apparently their bunks configured without power outlets, requiring his battery pak....
