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From page 15... ... The aircraft cabin is similar to other indoor environments, such as homes and of rices, in that people are exposed to a mixture of outside and recirculated air. (The outside air in the aircraft is usually supplied by a compressor on the engine and is also called bleed air.) Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... In response to concerns raised by the flying public and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) regarding the air quality aboard commercial aircraft, Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... This report is intended for a wide audience, including FAA, members of Congress, cabin crew, aircraft manufacturers, airline companies, and We general public. EXPOSURES ON AIRCRAFT In the aircraft cabin, both passengers and cabin crew may be exposed to numerous air contaminants, including CO from engine exhaust, O3 that enters with outside air, organic compounds generated by emissions from materials in the cabin and the human body, and infectious agents, allergens, irntants, and other contaminants of biological origin. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... in general, the frequency of such incidents is not known because many ofthe data are considered proprietary by the airlines and were not made available to the committee and because there are no comprehensive, systematic methods for the collection of exposure end hearth effects information. AFA has reported a frequency of 7.6 incidents per 10,000 flights of a single airline on the basis of review of many sources of information, including reports filed by flight attendants, insurance companies, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Read the entire page →
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From page 21... ... In 1975, FAA asserted its jurisdiction over the safety and health of cockpit and cabin crew (40 FR 29 ~ 14, DOT 1975~. Specifically, FAA stated in 40 FR 29114: every factor affecting the safety and healthy working conditions of aircraft crew members involves matters inseparably related to the FAA's occupational safety and health responsibilities under the (Federal Aviation] Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... FAA determined that the change in the standard was needed because cabin crew members, who are active during flights, must be able to perform their duties in the cabin without discomfort and fatigue. In addition, FAA concluded that fresh airflow in the aircraft is necessary to provice adequate smoke clearance in the event of smoke accumulation due to a system failure. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... HISTORY OF PREVIOUS CABIN AIR-QUALITY STUDIES The NRC committee that produced The Airliner Cabin Environment (NRC 1986) addressed some of the same issues as the current committee. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... Because of the lack of data on bioaerosols in aircraft cabins, the committee could not conclude whether exposures posed a health hazard. Because of concern regarding the potential transmission of infectious agents, particularly while an aircraft is on the ground and the ventilation system is not operated at full capacity, the ~ 986 report recommended a regulation that requires removal of passengers from an aircraft within 30 minutes after a Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... , biological agents, 03, ventilation rates, and cabin pressure. It also recommended that FAA establish a program to monitor health effects of cabin crew. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... and by the Australian Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee (Parliament ofthe Commonwealth of Australia 2000~. Those inquiries were motivated by complaints and growing public concerns regarding cabin air quaTity and associated health effects. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... The committee's recommendations were therefore more extensive and included the redesign ofthe BAe 146 air circulation system, the introduction of regulations specifying air-quaTity monitoring and compulsory reporting guidelines for all passenger aircraft, and the development of a research program to study the effect of aircraft cabin air on cabin crew and passengers. Although more data on cabin air quality have been collected since the ~ 986 NRC report, they have not been collected in a systematic manner that would conclusively address many of the questions that were raised in the ~ 986 report. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, OH. AFA (Association of Flight Attendants) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aeromedical Institute. Presented to the NRC Committee on Air Quality in Passenger Cabins of Commercial Aircraft, January 3, 2001. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... The air pressure in aircraft cabins is com Read the entire page →

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... The aircraft cabin is similar to other indoor environments, such as homes and of rices, in that people are exposed to a mixture of outside and recirculated air. (The outside air in the aircraft is usually supplied by a compressor on the engine and is also called bleed air.)

1 Introduction Pages 15-32

1 Introduction
Pages 15-32