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OBJECTIVE: To identify the policy of international airlines for the carriage of passengers with epilepsy. DESIGN: Postal questionnaire asking about policy for epileptic passengers, training of cabin crew, onboard drugs suitable for the treatment of seizures, and details of any problems reported by crews as a result of in-flight passenger seizures. PARTICIPANTS: The questionnaire was addressed to the medical advisors of 42 international airlines. RESULTS: Thirty (71%) of 42 airlines responded. Eleven (37%) of the 30 airlines that responded had a stated policy or restriction on the carriage of passengers with epilepsy. Five of these airlines advised increasing the dose of anticonvulsant drugs before travel. One airline insisted that epileptic passengers travel with a companion. Twenty-five (83%) of 30 airlines dealt specifically with epilepsy in the training program of their cabin crews. Seventeen (57%) of 30 airlines carried diazepam onboard, mostly in injectable form. Most airlines reported no, or very few, incidents of in-flight passenger seizures annually. CONCLUSIONS: The advice offered to intending epileptic passengers differs greatly between airlines. Some airlines instruct intending passengers to increase their regular medication, probably without justification, since in-flight seizures are very infrequent. Training of cabin crew and the medical equipment carried onboard also vary and in some cases are inadequate.
High altitude is an environment that is alien to man. Stressors associated with the mechanics of flight include motion and acceleration forces applied in three vectors and in degrees that are foreign to the human vestibular apparatus. Furthermore, the work patterns of a pilot can interfere with lifestyle and circadian rhythms. Therefore medical fitness is an important consideration in determining an individual's suitability to exercise a pilot's licence. The medical standards applied depend on the type of aircraft flown and the duties expected of a pilot. There are three broad categories of pilot. In ascending order of stringency of medical standards these are the private pilot, the professional pilot and the military pilot.
The article studies the influence of training flight upon the statokinetic resistance of cadets from foreign countries. It was found out that in the process of flight training the level of statokinetic resistance was growing, and simultaneously the vegetative, sensor and somatic manifestations were decreasing, and the period of stable equilibration in N.N. Bondarevskiĭ test was increasing. The most pronounced changes in statokinetic resistance was marked in the cadets from Mozambique, Mongolia and Angola; the smallest--in cadets from Vietnam and Laos. In order to optimize the flight training of cadets and safety of training flights it is recommended to apply the system of complex medical monitoring, which will realize the control over the psychophysiological state and statokinetic resistance during the whole period of training.