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“A lack of oxygen at altitude, leading to incapacitating hypoxia, is still considered to be the most serious single hazard facing aviators flying at high altitude.” *
* Harding RM. Hypoxia and hyperventilation. In: Ernsting J, Nicholson AN, Rainford DJ, editors. Aviation Medicine. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann; 3rd ed.1999. p. 43-58.

Mere compliance with Regulations related to hypoxia knowledge is not only inadequate but dangerous. In fact a Federal Aviation Administration survey found that more than 50% of pilots believe they have not received sufficient hypoxia training via theoretical means! This has been proven repeatedly in the last few years. with the tragic Helios Airways crash in 2005 being just one such example.

For aircrew it is important to be aware of personal hypoxia symptoms because the first experience of hypoxia in real life may be their last one. Sudden hypobaric hypoxia caused by explosive decompression is easy to recognise. On the other hand gradual decompression or failure to pressurise the aircraft creates far more a serious situation when the insidious hypoxia develops gradually without accompanying “special effects”. Gradual loss of cabin pressure or failure to pressurize from take-off causes an insidious hypoxia that continues to claim lives. Aircraft safety and warning systems may not provide adequate protection and can be missed or ignored.

The practical GO2Altitude® experience provides awareness of your own individual hypoxia reactions. There is nothing like the security of your own body telling you there is a problem.Every aviator deserves to know their individual hypoxia symptoms so as to ensure early recognition of a real hypoxia event and allow for adequate reaction time for the initiation of required emergency procedures. Those with greater sensitivity to hypoxia may alert other crew members to symptoms and save crucial moments in which to take action. Research with military aircrews who have undergone hypoxia training shows that crews with practical hypoxia education are more likely to recognize hypoxia in flight and less likely to be incapacitated than untrained crew.

Regulations made good sense in the past…Previously there was no practical, cost-effective, personal and safe way that aviators could experience the effects of hypoxia for themselves. Now that there is a safe and practical normobaric hypoxia educational experience available that increases the awareness and early recognition of a dangerous hypoxic event.  Can you responsibly afford not to use the GO2Altitude® hypoxia education system?

REGULATIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS related to HYPOXIA KNOWLEDGE

The GO2Altitude® hypoxia education system will add enormous value to your educational capabilities, while adding no extra burden onto your facilities and resources. Simply speaking - there is not a single reason why civil aviators should limit their knowledge of hypoxia to only theoretical classes when such safe practical training is now for less than $100 per student per session.

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