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Old 21st Jul 2021, 10:09
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So, for all those craving a rule:

Why, in the 21st century, isn't the rule a prescribed blood oxygen level (or prescribed blood oxygen level for night ops and a prescribed blood oxygen level for day ops, if the science supports the difference)?

A pilot's blood oxygen level is easily and cheaply measured, continuously, in the 21st century. If a pilot can't be trusted to maintain those levels, why can pilots be trusted to use mandatorily-fitted or carried oxygen supplies?

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