Cockpit nuke workers unite!

[Espalda Mojado]

http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q941.html

Check it out. No one told me about this at work! Although I knew about it already. We should sue! When is the last time your airline provided radiation training?

At Gulfstream Airlines , the B1900D radiation training package costs extra.

Hey, you can't just go to McDonalds and demand a free Supersize, either.

 

[Espalda Mojado]

If anybody wants to know more about this Russian and his PFT antics, I have compiled a video thread:

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?p=1039866#post1039866

 

[Hovernut]

Don't forget...there are therepeutic aspects to radiation exposure!! I'm much more disgruntled since I left the accelerator! CRJs just don't fly high enough for me to keep getting my fix

 

[USMCmech]

Here you go:

http://www.faa.gov/education_research/research/med_humanfacs/aeromedical/radiobiology/index.cfm

Having done a few sample flights on that calculator I am only able to respond to your health concerns thusly

".15 millirem over a 3 hour flight, that's all?"

That is literally nothing. Having lliterally recived 200 times that amount durring a month of shooting X-rays, I'm not really worried.

 

[Gorilla]

That is literally nothing. Having lliterally recived 200 times that amount durring a month of shooting X-rays, I'm not really worried.

That's a goofy analogy. Since you already chose to be exposed to large amounts of radiation via x-rays, comparing that to aircrew dosage is like saying "only a quart of Jack? Heck I drink 5 quarts a day." Well the 5 quarts is what's going to hurt you, not the one.

^^^^ Now THAT's a stupid analogy too. Oh well. You should be concerned about your x-ray exposure. The effects don't show up in 6 weeks, it can take years. Just because the "Govt says it's OK" doesn't make it so.

I cringe every time I see a TSA guy stick his arm inside one of the airport X-ray machines to retrieve a jammed-up tray. The other day, I kid you not, a lady loaded her POODLE into one of those gray x-ray trays. The dog began its journey into the machine calmly. About three of us in line went "N-OOOO-oooo! Don't do that!" and saved the dog.