In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Lonnie" <@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> 5) FAA minimums on Ox usage are conservative enough to acomodate even
heavy
>> smokers.
>
> Perhaps they are conservative enough to keep smokers from dying, but not
> conservative enough to ****eld smokers from the effects of altitude.
Heavy
> smokers can hardly increase in altitude at all without suffering the
effects
> of altitude, beginning with vision impairment, usually.
Funny, I'm a heavy smoker by anyone's definition, live at 1300 feet, and
at 8500 feet there is no effect on my vision.
Once at 7500 feet at night things got a little blurry and I became
concerned it might be oxygen effects, so I dropped down lower and
nothing changed even after I landed, so I chalked it up to being
tired that late at night.
Maybe your black and white, one size fits all, blanket statements just
aren't true for everyone.
--
Jim Pennino
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