Are Pilots More Likely To Develop Skin Cancer Due To Higher Levels Of UV Radiation At High Altitude?
I can’t remember where I read it but it was the result of some test by pilots in Iceland. Do you believe this is true?
The only way for sunlight to get into the cockpit is through the windshield and most aircraft have visors and most pilots wear sunglasses when it’s sunny. So are they just at as much risk as people on the ground to developing skin cancer?
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I would imagine the canopy would provide compariable protection along with most high altitude flight suits are full cover suits, so I would say no.
The concorde was the only plane i ever heard that being associated with and it included the passengers even thought the windows were not large, It was the altitude that had something to do with it, but the cockpit windows are like bullet proof almost and i belived they absorbed some of the uv, but tha pax never got much protection