Dear ALIBABA and crews
Over the years crews have failed to take contaminated air events seriously. This has led to low level contaminated air exposures generally seen as a normal working environment.
THIS IS WRONG
All crews must start to log ALL fume events and use oxygen to protect their health and the the safety of the aircraft regardless of duration or severity of the event. Too many crews in the past accepted low level exposures as normal and are sick today.
CREWS MUST USE OXYGEN REGARDLESS OF DURATION OF THE EVENT
This was made very clear in the UK House of Commons in 2004:
Official Report (Commons Hansard), Vol.428, Col. 420W, Tuesday 7th December 2004
Air Passengers (Chemical Exposure)
Mr. Tyler: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether UK airline captains experiencing cockpit or cabin air contamination event serious enough for pilots to use emergency oxygen have a responsibility to inform passengers to which chemicals they might have been exposed. [202745]
Charlotte Atkins: Pilots are required to use oxygen as a precautionary measure in all cases of suspected cockpit air abnormalities
irrespective of severity of event. Flight crew are not professionally qualified to verify the cause of air contamination or identify what chemicals if any, passengers may have been exposed to. The captain has discretion to inform passengers of an event.
If you do not report fume events, it does not allow the appropriate engineering work to be done and puts the health of your work colleagues and passengers potentially at risk.
REPORT ALL FUME EVENTS TO YOUR EMPLOYER, UNION AND REMEMBER THE FINDINGS OF THE RECENT BALPA CONFERENCE:
CREWS ARE GETTING SICK.
AOPIS
www.aopis.org