How dangerous is flying, really?
How dangerous is flying, really?
Kayden Bell
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Camden Wilson
just about as dangerous as posting this same fucking thread again and again and again
Dylan Sanders
It's very dangerous. Very, very dangerous.
I'm glad Melon Husk is developing a vacuum-tube to be transported in, I'd feel so much safer knowing that I'm a fart in space.
Gabriel Evans
The added cosmic radiation adds up to over 24 times the typical rate. Cancer rates among airline staff is significantly increased.
Jaxon Rodriguez
Not very. I managed to land one today without killing myself or anyone else so I'll chalk that flight up as a success
Aiden Watson
We know that CT scans, which give gigantic doses of radiation, are typically not harmful. The only way the doses from flights can be dangerous is chronic UV causing melanoma, which is exactly what happens to some pilots, and possibly breast cancer in attendants. This is after years and years of almost daily exposure. The same thing happens with dental hygienists and thyroid cancer.
Nathaniel Jones
>We know
No, we don't. We are pretty sure that doses under about the 10 mSv, equivalent dose range are not going to cause cancer, but even that we aren't 100% on. Basically we are pretty sure that a single CT won't do anything to you if you're an adult. That's all. Frequent flyers absolutely have increased risk of melanoma and some radiosensitive cancers like thyroid and breast.
Oliver Hughes
That's actually pretty dangerous
Evan Peterson
flying is literally the safest form of traveling.
>not understanding how radiation works.
The only reason we say it isnt harmful is because we dont have a lifespan long enough to see significant effects from it. Flight attendents and dentists dont have statistically significant higher rates of death by cancer but they both have faaaar higher rates of suicide/alcoholism/murder.
Most studies that say flight attendents have higher risk rates for cancer dont account for the fact the flight attendents and pilots spend a larger portion of their time in direct sunlight than the average person due to them traveling to different locations.
t.PHD nuclear engineering.
Elijah Cruz
It's not dangerous at all. You mostly just need to avoid ground and it's big and easy to see.