intercst
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At the very least, all take off and landings should require pilots to wear masks.
Perhaps someone will alert DOGE to this?
ralph
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DOGE don’t like vaccinations or masks.
Under current rules, one of the pilots in the cockpit (usually the co-pilot since it’s uncomfortable) must wear a positive pressure mask when flying above 41,000 ft.
That doesn’t happen with the airlines, but high performance business jets often fly above 41,000 ft.
A positive pressure mask feels like they’re filling your lungs with the air hose from the gas station everytime you draw a breath.
intercst
Last I heard take off and landings happen below 40,000 ft.
The Captain
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I was thinking something like the full face, low pressure masks that sport scuba use?
The video says that communication as well as peripheral vision are problems with the current mask n goggles used by Boeing.
The full face scuba masks allow both communication and “wider” vision.
Bird strikes appear to be a problem mostly during take off n landing. My suggestion is that both pilot n copilot don the masks between ground level and … a couple thousand feet altitude - whatever makes sense.
ralph