Beards & Flying
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 186
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From: UK
Mmm
I think the grease comes from your skin unless the individual has over indulged with the inflight meal! Grease + Oxygen + Ignition = explosion!
For full fuel tank entry engineers require a mask fitment test carried out by a superb piece of kit from Sabre. Ive been told our fire fighters use the same. It measures leak rates, negative pressures and positive pressures from all head angles. I have a beard and pass this Sabre test every time.
I can ensure that the mask we use is inferior to the standard of mask that is located in the flight deck.
I'm sure a few dodgy masks make into the crew's cases for the night stop though lol!
K Regards
I think the grease comes from your skin unless the individual has over indulged with the inflight meal! Grease + Oxygen + Ignition = explosion!
For full fuel tank entry engineers require a mask fitment test carried out by a superb piece of kit from Sabre. Ive been told our fire fighters use the same. It measures leak rates, negative pressures and positive pressures from all head angles. I have a beard and pass this Sabre test every time.
I can ensure that the mask we use is inferior to the standard of mask that is located in the flight deck.
I'm sure a few dodgy masks make into the crew's cases for the night stop though lol!
K Regards
Joined: Dec 2001
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: GA, USA
Not my picture, it is an anonymous forum after all, but I sport a flavor safor a la
even though I feel a full scale goatee like
would seal equally well since the mask would fit over the goatee rather then sit over a beard.
I have spoken with FAA Inspectors that are very adament that a mask will not seal and it's therefore a safety issue.
mainly based on hear say and the aforementioned Advisory Circular which dates back from like 30+ years ago.
Personal opinion? I think the whole "does not seal" argument is BS.
even though I feel a full scale goatee like
would seal equally well since the mask would fit over the goatee rather then sit over a beard.
I have spoken with FAA Inspectors that are very adament that a mask will not seal and it's therefore a safety issue.
mainly based on hear say and the aforementioned Advisory Circular which dates back from like 30+ years ago.
Personal opinion? I think the whole "does not seal" argument is BS.
