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Old 19th Sep 2011, 13:45
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One tech question: Is there such a thing as partial decompression? That is, You're unable to maintain normal cabin altitude at cruise, but say you descend to FL150 and find that cabin altitude holds steady at 8K. Would you continue in that condition? Or would you go on down to FL100?
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