BAE Systems Service Information Leaflet 21-146-RJ-536-1

Aerotoxic Association comment:

The BAE Systems leaflet, titled "Cabin Air Quality Troubleshooting Advice and Relevant Modifications" is primarily a troubleshooting guide to be used by aircraft engineers followings reports of contaminated cabin air.

Of interest is the Cabin Air Quality questionnaire at the end of the document and a table of symptoms "which might arise in a variety of circumstances, as well as individual terms used in previous reports":

Head: normal, headache, light-headed, pressure in head, ‘moon-walking’
General: normal, dizzy, faint, giddy, vague, lack of concentration, poor co-ordination
Alertness: normal, fatigued, tired, sleepy, somnolent, exhausted
Emotions: normal, relaxed, euphoric, elated, ‘drunk’, intoxicated, irritable, morose, pugnacious
Eyes: normal, dry, irritated, burning, streaming
Nose: normal, dry, irritated, burning, streaming
Throat: normal, dry, irritated, burning
Breathing: normal, shortness of breath, breathless, laboured breathing, rapid breathing, pressure in chest
Stomach: normal, nauseous,vomiting
Numbness or Tingling: none, scalp, hair-roots, nose, lips, fingers, toes
‘Blueness’: none, lips, nail-beds,finger-tips 

This is BAE System's own list. These are the same symptoms that our members are reporting, both short-term and chronic, and have been documented extensively elsewhere. It seems amazing that people are still getting seriously ill, when simple solutiuons to fix the contaminated cabin air problem are available. Not to mention the safety of the aircraft being put at risk when the pilots are feeling drunk, intoxicated, "moon-walking" and exhausted.

It is noted that the distribution list for the document is engineering only. How about the aircrew and passengers? Why are we always kept in the dark?