Originally Posted by
mwf008
AMF holds an exception that allows them to carry more than the normally allowable amount of radioactive material. Loading aft isn't always an option when hauling 4000 pounds of radiopharm materials. Whether this is dangerous or not I can't speak for as I'm not a scientist, but I don't know of anyone that's claimed to have been harmed flying the stuff. I can say that its done legally and all the proper precautions are taken
Thanks for the info 008. What kind of precautions do they take exactly? If it was harmful to the pilot I would think it wouldn't show up right away but 10 or so years down the road in some form of cancer wouldn't it? And by then it would be hard to say what exactly caused it.
I wold have no problem hauling bull jiz, dolphins, giraffes, lions or any other odd thing but I don't think I would want 4000lbs of radioactive material sitting right behind me for 3 hour stretches of time, 5 days a week, every week. Is there any way to make sure you don't get those particular runs? Is SEA the only base that has them?