Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes

Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by bigmattystyles on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:05PM (#25462986)

To be honest, even just the amount of jetfuel fumes you take in while on board waiting to push off the from the gate bothers the hell out of me. I think that's just because the jetway connector mostly has unconditioned exterior air and with the door open, that makes its way into the cabin, but it can be very nauseating.

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Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by octoberfranklin on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:08PM (#25463740)

Bonus points to SEATAC for conditioning the jetway air. Few airports do this.

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Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by thadk on Friday December 18, 2020 @08:10PM (#25474018)

I'd seen an ad about this in the airport but wasn't sure whether it had to do with the bleed issue. Seems not: "A jet bridge (also termed jetway, jetwalk, airgate, gangway, aerobridge/airbridge, skybridge, airtube, or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge (PBB)) is an enclosed, movable connector which most commonly extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane"

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Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by pacamara619 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:11PM (#25463377)

I can only agree that it's nauseating. One time on a trip from Copenhagen to Munich it was so unbearable that I had to throw up.

I've told about a dozen friends about this when I got home. While all of them found it very unpleasant, only one other person had to be sick.

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Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by CapnTrips on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:18PM (#25463416)

I feel a million times healthier after losing my airport ramp job earlier this year.

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Re:Toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes by neolog on Friday December 18, 2020 @12:37AM (#25464219)

Have you heard anything about any of your coworkers having similar experiences?

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