Originally Posted by
Std Deviation
Airbus 4.5 years. And I’m on the committee that investigates these. And I was harsh and I’m sorry. But I’m far from ignorant. Much of my post was tongue in cheek. Avoid an aircraft because of a remote possibility of an event? Really? Better chance of getting run over in Kew while walking.
Even those that have never experienced an "event" still have measurable quantities of turbine oil by-products in their blood and hair follicles. These aircraft emit a constant low dose of atomized turbine oil into the ECS system. We should NOT be breathing this stuff.