Who Ya Gonna Call?
Your April article on oxygen mentioned that you could only find one company who’d talk to you Well, you didn’t contact Aeromedix. We would have not only responded immediately, we would have told you that the FAA has finally acknowledged that “oxygen is oxygen” and instead of “aviator’s breathing oxygen” the FAA will be publishing a purity standard for oxygen by this fall which all modern oxygen sources meet, thus eliminating the “aviator” problem. This is largely due to Gary Eaton who has been leading a one man campaign to get the FAA to publish the new standards.
Readback: June 2013
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA is standardizing oxygen purity requirements, simplifying access to "aviator's breathing oxygen," while Aeromedix advocates for pulse oximeter use with specific saturation thresholds for in-flight oxygen supplementation.
- The article discusses the interpretation of aviation fatality statistics, corrects a quiz error regarding HSI course settings, and notes a geographical error in an ATC center's name.
- While RNAV (LPV) approaches are gaining popularity, especially in general aviation, pilots are advised to only file RNAV Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs) if they can fully comply with all speed restrictions.
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