This presentation shows a case study based personal experience of the author as an airline pilot. It is an overview of the cause and effect of contaminated bleed air on pilots and their acute symptoms on their cognitive capacity commandeering an aircraft after inhalation of toxic fumes and the dangers of such concerning their responsibility for the safety of passengers and crew. The materials presented causing this effect are pyrolized oil fumes from jet-engine oil and their ability of long-term injuries of the nervous system and a very certain but common diagnosed lung diffusion impairment after experienced fume events.
This paper is part of: "2017 International Aircraft Cabin Air Conference : Conference Proceedings". In: Journal of Health and Pollution, Vol. 9, No. 24 (Dec. 2019)