The managing director of a travel consumers website has praised Aerotoxic Association's campaign for official recognition of Aerotoxic Syndrome and our call for action to prevent toxic fumes leaking into cabins and cockpits.

Frank Brehany, MD of www.holidaytravelwatch.com said:

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“The scenario highlighted by Aerotoxic Association is in my view not just a national but a global disgrace.”
 
He says there should be an “open door” between his organisation and Aerotoxic Association after revealing that some consumers reporting illnesses to Holiday Travel Watch are describing the same symptoms as those described by airline pilots and crew.
 
Holiday Travel Watch has represented the travelling consumer for 12 years. It offers pre-travel and during travel advice as well as support and guidance on claiming compensation if something should go wrong.
 
Mr Brehany, a qualified lawyer with years of experience of helping holiday makers with compensation claims, says: “People believe their illness stems from the hotel or resort but when you get into the detail you realise it’s nothing to do with that. We’ve identified that there are serious possibilities that these people have suffered contamination in an aircraft. “
 
Every week, he says, his organisation receives a few cases which “arouse our suspicions”.
 
Since becoming aware of Aerotoxic Syndrome Holiday Travel Watch has changed the questions it asks consumers when helping them with their claims.
 
But, he emphasises: “We have to work very carefully to ensure that we are not influencing their thoughts when we ask about symptoms. Then we are able to conclude that we can describe it as a suspected aerotoxic syndrome event.”
 
“I believe there has been a catastrophic failure as far as legislation is concerned in support of consumers and I believe the Aerotoxic Association deserves to survive and consumers deserve to benefit from its survival,” he says.