Cathay Pacific limits HKG-JFK trips due to cancer fears

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 27 Mar 2005, 12:48

Cancer fears limit Hong Kong air crews' New York trips

Regards

Seb.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 27 Mar 2005, 12:54

Seb i am thankful to you for this post. It has not only suggested that crew and flight attendants are at risk but also frequent travellers who are not only unaware but also ignorant about the whole radiation issue.

Post by **sn26567** » 27 Mar 2005, 15:57

The crews on Concorde were even more exposed. Did AF and BA take similar measures?

island_airways · Post by **island_airways** » 27 Mar 2005, 16:20

certainly interesting to hear. I wonder if similar airlines will take this same measure as well.

Post by **luchtzak** » 27 Mar 2005, 16:23

sn26567 wrote:The crews on Concorde were even more exposed. Did AF and BA take similar measures?

Yes,

crews on the Concorde didn't have to do that much flights per month.

C_J · Post by **C_J** » 27 Mar 2005, 18:08

Bad news but very interesting. This is something that requests some research.

The report said officials felt it unnecessary as customers do not fly enough to be at risk.

I am shure there are quite a lot of (business-) travellers who make the trip more than twice a month. This would mean that they are also vulnerable, so perhaps limits are necessary (I hope local officials have done what is necessary).

Post by **sn26567** » 28 Mar 2005, 09:46

C_J wrote:I am sure there are quite a lot of (business-) travellers who make the trip more than twice a month.

Long-haul? Probably very few. And even so they are much less exposed inside the cabin than the pilots in their cockpit.

regi · Post by **regi** » 28 Mar 2005, 15:48

This is an old subject to which I already referred months ago regarding the fact that pilots have a shorter life than other professions.
Besides of the radiation, there is the constant intake of airconditioned air, environments with plastics that give away toxic vapours, the intake of polluted air at airports, impact of constant time zone changes, prefabricated food with too much salt and preservatives, al those things.
But rather be a pilot than a miner I would say.

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 28 Mar 2005, 21:06

the fact that pilots have a shorter life than other professions.

It is not only on that route though!! Routes such as LAX-LHR, JFK-NRT, NRT-LHR also have the same issues!! Personally, my dream route is ORD-HNL so I hope I won't have to worry about that.