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Air carrier first officer suggested a moratorium on the use of oxygen masks in the flight training devices in order to minimize the possible transmission of covid-19.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1735394 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
[I was] discussing some of the risk filters the government is using at the hospital as patients arrive. Obviously along with questions about symptoms; they are asked about contact with anyone that has traveled to many countries our pilots still fly to.it occurred to me that our [training] group will all be a yes to that question and if any of our pilots end up positive for the virus; we as a group could end up being the perfect spread mechanism to a larger number of [company] pilots and employees.I politely don't shake hands anymore but more directly we as a fleet should consider a moratorium on the use of O2 masks in the training devices. I am not personally that worried but smart actions would seem prudent.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer suggested a moratorium on the use of oxygen masks in the flight training devices in order to minimize the possible transmission of COVID-19.
Narrative: [I was] discussing some of the risk filters the government is using at the hospital as patients arrive. Obviously along with questions about symptoms; they are asked about contact with anyone that has traveled to many countries our pilots still fly to.It occurred to me that our [training] group will all be a yes to that question and if any of our pilots end up positive for the virus; we as a group could end up being the perfect spread mechanism to a larger number of [company] pilots and employees.I politely don't shake hands anymore but more directly we as a fleet should consider a moratorium on the use of O2 masks in the training devices. I am not personally that worried but smart actions would seem prudent.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.