This is a communication from April 2008 between Sandra Webber, chair of the Aviation Health Working Group (AHWG) and Dr Nigel Dowdall from British Airways Health Services (BAHS), who was also sitting on the AHWG committee at the time. The remit of the AHWG is to work with all interested parties on the cabin air quality issue.

We’re all for open discussion, and given the huge amount of information the Aerotoxic Association has collected over the past three years, it’s a great shame that the Department for Transport (DfT) and the AHWG are doing their best to shut us and other groups out of the debate and the current research.  Perhaps they should be applauding us for the newspaper articles and parliamentary questions and for helping to bring this serious issue out into the open.

After all, we all want the same thing – clean and safe cabin air for crew and passengers. Wouldn't it be good if we could all work together on this?

Cabin air quality frequently asked questions (DfT v AA)