Jim Davis wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
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> yared22311@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>Air marshals ousted over job injuries
>>The size of the federal air marshal force has been cut in half by
>>on-the-job injuries that have sidelined nearly 2,100 marshals, while
>>squabbling prevents health and safety policies from being implemented,
>>government officials say.
>>at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060920-123800-5262r.htm
> The article says, in part;
>
> "barotrauma, decompression sickness that causes ruptured eardrums and
> sinus conditions often requiring surgery.
> They are also developing deep vein thrombosis, a disease attributed
> to long periods of sitting that causes blood clots, usually in the
> legs, that could lead to cardiac arrest."
>
> Why aren't pilots & FA's having the same problems?
>
Perhaps, in the case of Pilots & certainly in the case of FAs, they are
not as subject to DVT because they don't simply sit for the whole flight. |