On one of my usual trawls of useless info on the net I cam across an interesting article about cabin air quality its content sparked a memory in my mind about a flight I took with the dark side from Miami in March 2004. About two hours out of Miami I started to feel very clammy and suffered some minor breathing difficulties being asthmatic I took my meds as normal but had little effect I waited about 15 mins and went through a further cycle of my inhalers when this did not work I got the attention of a cabin crew member explained that I was having a few breathing difficulties and that I was very clammy.
Within a minute the Cabin Service Director came along and immediately got me in to a crew seat, which was brilliant, as I was stuck in econemy with the wife and a mad yank fussing over me as if I were dying. The C.S.D also asked if I needed medical intervention to which I declined being quite familiar with my asthma and being a registered nurse I felt I although suffering mildly was still in control of my symptoms. Finally the C.S.d said she would speak to the captain and ask him to bump up the air conditioning.
Within about 20 mins I was back to normal and the air quality in the cabin felt great so much so that I actually slept for about 4 hours and remained in the crew seat until we entered the landing pattern at LHR. I have no doubt in my mind that my symptoms were triggered by the poor air quality in the cabin and subsequently the "bumping up" of the air conditioning had alleviated the symptoms.
So anyway back to today I stumbled across this article on http://www.geocities.com/profemery/ente ... groom.html half way down the page there is a section on cabin airflows with two further links. Basically the article identifies that if one passenger complains about the poor air quality or is suffering any symptoms associated with hypoxia then the cabin crew can request the captain to power up any of the air conditioning packs that may have been turned off for the flight.
I find this very interesting and having read on this forum comments being made about air quality I though it would be in everyone’s best interest to maybe read the above links and know that they can request better air circulation in the cabin.
It would be very interesting to see if any VS crew comment on this subject.
I must add that BA’s response to me on the flight was top class and they looked after me brilliantly throughout the rest of the flight even waking me on occasions to see if I was ok. I am sure that Virgins crew response would have been just as good if I were in the same situation on a V-S flight.
I know this post is a bit long winded but I think it’s worth the read.
Thanks for reading this; I look forward to loads of responses.
Cheers Wayne
Within a minute the Cabin Service Director came along and immediately got me in to a crew seat, which was brilliant, as I was stuck in econemy with the wife and a mad yank fussing over me as if I were dying. The C.S.D also asked if I needed medical intervention to which I declined being quite familiar with my asthma and being a registered nurse I felt I although suffering mildly was still in control of my symptoms. Finally the C.S.d said she would speak to the captain and ask him to bump up the air conditioning.
Within about 20 mins I was back to normal and the air quality in the cabin felt great so much so that I actually slept for about 4 hours and remained in the crew seat until we entered the landing pattern at LHR. I have no doubt in my mind that my symptoms were triggered by the poor air quality in the cabin and subsequently the "bumping up" of the air conditioning had alleviated the symptoms.
So anyway back to today I stumbled across this article on http://www.geocities.com/profemery/ente ... groom.html half way down the page there is a section on cabin airflows with two further links. Basically the article identifies that if one passenger complains about the poor air quality or is suffering any symptoms associated with hypoxia then the cabin crew can request the captain to power up any of the air conditioning packs that may have been turned off for the flight.
I find this very interesting and having read on this forum comments being made about air quality I though it would be in everyone’s best interest to maybe read the above links and know that they can request better air circulation in the cabin.
It would be very interesting to see if any VS crew comment on this subject.
I must add that BA’s response to me on the flight was top class and they looked after me brilliantly throughout the rest of the flight even waking me on occasions to see if I was ok. I am sure that Virgins crew response would have been just as good if I were in the same situation on a V-S flight.
I know this post is a bit long winded but I think it’s worth the read.
Thanks for reading this; I look forward to loads of responses.
Cheers Wayne