Originally Posted by
BeardedFlyer
A B1900 AMF guy based out of SEA I met recently told me about some runs having to haul some type of radiation emitting medical equipment?? He told me the company tells the pilots simply to "make sure its loaded as far aft as possible." Has anybody else on here heard of this or any other hazardous type of cargo being hauled at AMF?
Someone uninformed person made that story up. Ameriflight operates under a rigidly controlled DOT special permit program, monitored by a Ph.D. consulting radiation physicist, there are very specific instructions on how the airplane is to be loaded to produce maximum separation and take maximum advantage of the radioactive material containers' shielding effect, the crews wear tactical dosimeters, special equipment is used to check the airplanes, and program records indicate that the overall radiation dosage experienced by crews on the "glow" flights runs about ten percent of the program's allowable limit.