Seems to me that once again with a serious environmental problem, Exxon Mobil are being 'less than forthright' or as they say in the House 'somewhat lacking in verisimilitude' - their testing methods seem to bear no relation whatsoever to humans breathing heated oil (hens drinking it cold, I ask you)...
But lets face it, what the heck is air from inside a piece of hot rotating machinery lubricated with synthetic oils doing being fed to humans anyway - these are oils that I wear nitrile gloves when handling as a matter of course!
Of course seals aren't going to be perfect, even when new, let alone gauranteed perfect for 10 ~ 20,000 hours.
Are we to expect aircrew to initiate an emergency descent to circa 10,000 ft when an air quality 'event' is detected at cruise altitude, to provide breathable quality air to 100's of passengers, with 30%* at immediate risk?
* I also find it interesting that the experts say that 'about' 30% of the population are much more sensitive to TCPs and PANs, due to genetics....
I remember reading that much the same was the case with BSE (and JCD); only 27% of the population had the chromosomal make-up that allowed the disease to rapidly progress.
Seems that nature's diversity has given the human race a rather amazing safety valve... or shall we call it 'an early warning system' ?
Will we heed that warning
now or continue in selfish denial requiring Royal Commisions, extreme consumer pressure and in the meantime untold more harm to be done before facing up to an obvious truth ....
cabin air direct from gas turbines is rotten to the core
