Commercial Pilot Radiation Exposure?

The research is questionable. The most notable study was done with professional pilots from Icelandic Air but the control group wasn't monitored. For example, what did they do with their time in the long Arctic summer? How much fishing, golf, hiking, etc where UV and radiation exposure might be above the normal population were they exposed to?

These questions were never addressed. And besides the overall increase in mortality is about like getting hit by lightening while being attacked by a shark.

Hey, Bradley, how about some sources. Having been a pilot for over 33 years, I've never been classified as a radiation worker.

There have been studies done, and pilots are exposed to higher than normal radiation levels. In fact pilots are technically classified as radiation workers.

A typical trans-Atlantic flight exposes pilots to the same amount of radiation as an x-ray. It is quite a bit higher over the poles, about four times the radiation exposure. Most airlines restrict the number of polar routes a pilot can fly each month, usually only one or two per month are allowed.

The studies that have been done so far found that pilots have a 1-2% higher lifetime risk of developing cancer than the general population.

@Warbird: http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/oamtech...

http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/21/1/003/

Cosmic radiation is the least of the worries

Air crew are subject to onboard radiation equivalent to one xray per 2 hrs flying time

It is one of the least researched and talked about hazards but is well know amongst crew