February 24, 1997: Flying Sickness - Diana Fairchild | Mel's Hole Update - Mel Waters
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
August 24, 20232h 47m
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Show Notes
Diana Fairchild, a retired flight attendant with 21 years and 10 million miles of service for Pan Am and United Airlines, reveals the hidden health hazards of commercial air travel. She explains how airlines reduce fresh air circulation to save roughly $80 per hour on fuel costs, leaving passengers breathing recycled air with dangerously low oxygen and humidity levels drier than the Sahara Desert. Fairchild discloses that pilots breathe separate, higher quality air, receive up to ten times more ventilation than economy passengers, and are still permitted to smoke in the cockpit on certain carriers.
Art Bell, still recovering from severe illness contracted on a recent flight, presses Fairchild on practical defenses. She recommends passengers request full utilization of air from the cockpit and demand portable oxygen bottles, which airlines are required to provide free of charge in flight. She also reveals that several countries spray pesticide directly on passengers before landing, a practice she blames for her own debilitating chemical sensitivity illness.
The episode concludes with a dramatic Mel's Hole update. Mel Waters returns to describe finding his property blockaded by armed military personnel claiming a plane crash, a non-uniformed man warning him the land might not be his, and a neighbor's account of witnessing a beam of solid black light shooting skyward from the uncovered hole.
Art Bell, still recovering from severe illness contracted on a recent flight, presses Fairchild on practical defenses. She recommends passengers request full utilization of air from the cockpit and demand portable oxygen bottles, which airlines are required to provide free of charge in flight. She also reveals that several countries spray pesticide directly on passengers before landing, a practice she blames for her own debilitating chemical sensitivity illness.
The episode concludes with a dramatic Mel's Hole update. Mel Waters returns to describe finding his property blockaded by armed military personnel claiming a plane crash, a non-uniformed man warning him the land might not be his, and a neighbor's account of witnessing a beam of solid black light shooting skyward from the uncovered hole.