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DemoTex

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31. Similarly, I have about 20,000 hours piloting such aircraft ..
Wed May 13, 2020, 02:46 PM
May 2020

My fellow aviator, mn9driver (I am DC9 type rated), gives good advice. The airlines can also help by reducing seating density, short-term and long-term. Some already are doing this by blocking center seat assignments on boarding passes. However, governments and manufacturers might have to get in the act, too.

I'll add - FWIW - that in my decades of flying, I never got sick that I could attribute to exposure through the aircraft environmental system, or exposure to passengers or other crew members. Not even in the days of cigarette smoke in airplane cabins. But - as always - your mileage may vary.

This is sensible, fact-based advice. BannonsLiver May 2020 #1
This is great information leftieNanner May 2020 #2
I'm not aware of any US or European airline that doesn't use HEPA class filters. mn9driver May 2020 #8
Thanks. Great information. kairos12 May 2020 #3
Thanks for this info. SaveOurDemocracy May 2020 #4
K & R.... dhill926 May 2020 #5
Thank you sorcrow May 2020 #6
I wondered about this. Thanks! octoberlib May 2020 #7
I'm convinced it's the surfaces spinbaby May 2020 #10
We always wipe down every plastic surface at our seats with sanitizer maxsolomon May 2020 #22
This cate94 May 2020 #28
I have 3 customers who are pilots & 1 who's a flight attendant. CaptainTruth May 2020 #29
I heard that the magazines in the seat pouch BigmanPigman May 2020 #46
Good idea. I notice Trump wore goggles at that mask factory. SunSeeker May 2020 #57
I did too. BigmanPigman May 2020 #70
According to the airlines, all planes are being sanitized between flights now. oldsoftie May 2020 #61
Thanks NT enough May 2020 #9
If the person 2 inches from you is infected Voltaire2 May 2020 #11
okie doke. then don't fly. stopdiggin May 2020 #41
I'm not. Nobody else should unless it is unavoidable. Voltaire2 May 2020 #44
Only ESSENTIAL flying...like for an emergency, BigmanPigman May 2020 #47
Cant remember when i've ever been TWO INCHES from anyone I wasnt being intimate with. oldsoftie May 2020 #62
so you never sat in steerage on a full plane? Voltaire2 May 2020 #68
The chances of catching this from an arm is very small. oldsoftie May 2020 #71
Actually it isn't. But we digress. Voltaire2 May 2020 #72
Well, its not exactly unsafe. I have a friend who's flown every week with no problems. oldsoftie May 2020 #73
Thanks! FM123 May 2020 #12
I've always thought the people were more hazardous than the airplanes. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #13
I won't be flying ...will drive. Demsrule86 May 2020 #14
Very helpful matt819 May 2020 #15
My "teach an old dog new tricks" lesson of the day!... Guilded Lilly May 2020 #16
Feel free :) mn9driver May 2020 #26
my bf flew home this morning Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #17
United is not promising to leave middle seats empty mnhtnbb May 2020 #42
Ugh..... Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #43
Yes, this.... BigmanPigman May 2020 #48
+1 llmart May 2020 #66
marking for later rurallib May 2020 #18
If I may add to this.... Turbineguy May 2020 #19
True, no way to avoid it. mn9driver May 2020 #25
I have to drink, too. Not sure how I'll manage that rainin May 2020 #38
That's good to know IronLionZion May 2020 #20
Plus the flow of air through the cabin. wnylib May 2020 #58
K&R n/t Kitchari May 2020 #21
Thank you for sharing! May I tweet this to my followers? CaptainTruth May 2020 #23
Of course. Happy to see it shared. mn9driver May 2020 #24
Then there was that 5 hour flight one time where the guy two rows back sneezed Canoe52 May 2020 #27
Same happened to me! LittleGirl May 2020 #54
Thank you very much. I still think I'll stay home. Joinfortmill May 2020 #30
Similarly, I have about 20,000 hours piloting such aircraft .. DemoTex May 2020 #31
As an aside, are you old enough to remember... llmart May 2020 #67
beauty, thanks certainot May 2020 #32
787s do not use bleed air for circulation. plimsoll May 2020 #33
As a retired airline mechanic bluecollar2 May 2020 #34
Great post malaise May 2020 #35
From a long retired TWA driver, thank you. trof May 2020 #36
All well and good ... Jopin Klobe May 2020 #37
The long term is going to be higher fares & fewer passengers per flight. oldsoftie May 2020 #63
Tight fitting goggles, too. Eyes are a point of entry rainin May 2020 #39
Thank you! Warpy May 2020 #40
Thanks for sharing...this is so helpful...I've never known how it worked! Karadeniz May 2020 #45
Many hours on planes tiptonic May 2020 #49
Hazmat suits. McCamy Taylor May 2020 #50
Thank you for posting GeoWilliam750 May 2020 #51
Three years ago, I almost died of the flu GETPLANING May 2020 #52
Thanks for the accurte info for a change. I can't count the times I've had to explain that to napi21 May 2020 #53
ALL of my friends think that. I never knew the extent of the filtering myself. oldsoftie May 2020 #74
NBC infectious diseases MD expert in hospital now w/C19 - blames it on flying crowded plane to NOLA. Grasswire2 May 2020 #55
+1000 Dr. Joseph Fair on The 11th Hour from his hospital bed Niagara May 2020 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author clutterbox1830 May 2020 #59
NEVER knew that about the eyeball vents! I wouldve thought the opposite. oldsoftie May 2020 #60
Great info GreenEyedLefty May 2020 #64
Joseph Fair, virologist and epidemiologist, believes he got it through his eyes while on a flight. AnotherMother4Peace May 2020 #65
What a useful and nifty PSA! BobTheSubgenius May 2020 #69
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