Dream Buster,
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Absolutely spot-on. I have been informed by an specialist in OPs that with every exposure, the individual's sensitivity to the toxin increases. The consequence of this is that the effect of each subsequent exposure becomes ever more serious, plus, the individual's sensitivity threshold falls.
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If someone told me they were getting exposed on a regular basis and especially if they knew they were symptomatic, however mildly, my advice would be to get off that fleet and onto another type - and soon, before it was too late. Start the process now, this week.
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Changing fleets as a response to encountering this problem would of course represent a major career upset and might well not agree with that individual's existing career plans. But remember, if you lose your health to this problem, you have no future career. Its that serious. One point not emphasised enough in my opinion is that for highly sensitised individuals, once they have reached a particular symptom threshold, a full recovery from this problem seems fairly unlikely. Put bluntly, staying on a frequently exposing type is total career suicide for some people.
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I personally know three BA 757 pilots who are no longer flying on ill health grounds. All believe their problems stem from exposure to toxic cabin air. I dearly wish I had had this advice for myself. I would have wanted it put very bluntly indeed because otherwise the inertia of hoping it would turn out okay would probably have prevailed (it didn't turn out okay).
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A second piece of advice I would offer is to join the IPA immediately, and of course the Aerotoxic Association. Anecdotal evidence (plus the experience of those known to me) suggests that 'the other one' has a poor track record of helping those who have encountered this problem when they most need assistance. I believe this problem also extends to loss of licence protection.
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How do you read, Right Engine?
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