Originally Posted by
BigTime
This I believe. I've experienced it many times. This is what our mechanics claimed was the problem. I've never had any negative health effects after a dirty sock smell event and neither have any of my crew or passengers.
From what I understand, these “socks” that are wet and cause wet sock smell don’t exist. It’s urban legend.
You are actually smelling oil from the engine or apu. It’s doing damage to your brain. Sometimes enough to change your personality. Some even think there is a link to the high pilot suicide rate (which we never talk about) like football players with brain injuries.