Recirculated Air on Airplanes

[427Cobra]

I have been a aircraft mechanic for 33 years, 23 years at Southwest Airlines, I keep hearing so called experts say that the air on airliners is recirculated and if one person has ..........., everyone gets it because the air is recirculated over and over again, BULL SHIT. So here is a little education for everyone, yes the air is recirculated, but that air goes through a bad ass HEPA filter before being reintroduced and all of it comes from the baggage bin in the belly of the aircraft, not the passenger compartment, air is pumped from the ceiling and exits the cabin through vents near the floor, where it exits the aircraft through a modulating valve that is used to control the pressurization of the aircraft. Use some common sense, if one person has the covid 19 on the airplane, why hasn't a single flight attendant(close proximity to infected people) come up with this new so called pandemic.

 

[Threadcutter308]

I have been a aircraft mechanic for 33 years, 23 years at Southwest Airlines, I keep hearing so called experts say that the air on airliners is recirculated and if one person has ..........., everyone gets it because the air is recirculated over and over again, BULL SHIT. So here is a little education for everyone, yes about 10% of the air is recirculated, but that air goes through a bad ass HEPA filter before being reintroduced and all of it comes from the baggage bin in the belly of the aircraft, not the passenger compartment, air is pumped from the ceiling and exits the cabin through vents near the floor, where it exits the aircraft through a modulating valve that is used to control the pressurization of the aircraft. Use some common sense, if one person has the covid 19 on the airplane, why hasn't a single flight attendant(close proximity to infected people) come up with this new so called pandemic.

FI....

 

[427Cobra]

fixed, nice catch

 

[Sniperwannabee]

thanks was not aware of that, never really worried about it but that is good to know

 

[300winemag]

Good info thanks! Trying to decide if I’m flying to Utah on Wednesday and was only worried about the recirculating air on the jet. Sounds like if I rinse my stomach with Tito’s I should be safe.

 

[_Windrider_]

I deal with this on the daily.

 

[TheGerman]

I deal with this on the daily.

Dead flight attendants breathing recirculated air onto your face?

I thought I was the only one.

 

[Keel Haul]

Dead flight attendants breathing recirculated air onto your face?

I thought I was the only one.

Nah, there’s a few more of us who have to deal with the door whores and peanut pushers on the daily. I still get the occasional weirdo asking me where I put the contrail juice.

 

[Threadcutter308]

Nah, there’s a few more of us who have to deal with the door whores and peanut pushers on the daily. I still get the occasional weirdo asking me where I put the contrail juice.

chemtrail juice ?

 

[Keel Haul]

chemtrail juice ?

Yep, thats the stuff.