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04-22-2015, 01:45 PM
#6141
:-)
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,339
Originally Posted by Sluggo_63
This is a very special kind of stupid...
04-22-2015, 03:36 PM
#6143
Runs with scissors
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
Posts: 7,722
Originally Posted by Mesabah
The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. The air that is pumped in isn’t pure oxygen either, it’s mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%. To pump a greater amount of oxygen in costs money in terms of fuel and the airlines know this! The nitrogen may affect the times and dosages of medications, make you feel bloated and cause your ankles and joints swell
This is a very special kind of stupid...
This is a very special kind of stupid...
We were in a holding pattern one day in a 727, after a couple laps, one of the F/A's calls up and says, "I think there's something wrong with the pressurization, we are losing G's in the back!"
It took me several minutes to talk her down from that ledge...
04-23-2015, 04:11 PM
#6146
Banned
Joined APC: Mar 2015
Position: A320/321 CA
Posts: 119
Originally Posted by Lab Rat
Personally, I enjoy the captain informing all of us which STAR we are filed for.
[please note the sarcasm]
[please note the sarcasm]
04-23-2015, 04:14 PM
#6147
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: doggy style
Posts: 1,006
Loved the part about organs being compressed because she takes the word "pressurized" so literally. She probably thinks her organs will pop like balloons if she travels to the mountains where there's less pressure.
04-23-2015, 06:37 PM
#6148
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: 747 Captain, retired
Posts: 928
Originally Posted by Mesabah
The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. The air that is pumped in isn’t pure oxygen either, it’s mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%. To pump a greater amount of oxygen in costs money in terms of fuel and the airlines know this! The nitrogen may affect the times and dosages of medications, make you feel bloated and cause your ankles and joints swell
This is a very special kind of stupid...
This is a very special kind of stupid...
As an aside, the pressure bled off from the tires is calculated precisely so as to have the required pressure in the tires for landing
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