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Old 23rd Feb 2009, 11:16
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David Learmount
 
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Breathtaking complacency

At Flight International/flightglobal.com we don't just believe toxic cabin air is a serious issue, we know it is and have demonstrated it, publishing the evidence.

The result has been total silence from the industry. No denials, because they know they can't deny it. No complaints, because they want the issue to remain obscure.

They know the burden of proof remains, at present, with the many pilots and cabin crew who have been damaged by TCP and other neurotoxins in aircraft cabins, and with the unknown number of passengers who simply don't have any way of knowing where their distressing symptoms have suddenly emerged from.

We have been appalled by the pilot unions' complicity in this cover-up. They think jobs are more important than lives and licences.

In the face of this apparently unscaleable wall of complacency we have set up a space on our forum AirSpace here:

Have you suffered from contaminated cabin air? - Airliners/Freighters Forum - AirSpace

We are not trying to gather more evidence - we have that in spades and have watched in disbelief as the entire system, including members of parliament, either ignore it or have the wooll pulled over their eyes.

We are trying to get those have suffered or are suffering from aerotoxic syndrome, to tell us their story publicly.

They can identify themselves if they want to, but - especially if they are pilots who fear the loss of their jobs by reporting, or those who have received compensation subject to a gagging order - we promise we will keep their identities confidential if they want us to.

We want those who have suffered to paint a picture of the scale of human misery that this avoidable situation has created, and will continue to create.

Until such a time as there is a mandate from national aviation authorities for fitting contaminant detectors/alerts and bleed air filters to take out the neurotoxins in all aircraft (HEPA filters don't do it and they're wrongly placed in the system), this problem remains a risk in all pressurised aeroplanes flying today.

If you want the background to our campaign, visit my blog.but the most important thing is for those who have a story to tell to go to the previous link and tell the world just how bad it is if you get a dose of this contamination.

Last edited by Bad medicine; 2nd Mar 2009 at 21:38. Reason: Removed link to blog on another site
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