Has anyone any knowledge of any study or research into the effects of regular long haul air travel on cabin crew?

If cabin crew worked in a conventional industrial environment, that environment would be classed as a confined space and those entering it would be required to have confined space training. No doubt this is fully covered during training and certification of crew members.

I would be grateful for any advice regarding the synergism of re-circulated air, toxicology of hydrocarbons due to inhalation of airline fuel fumes and the ingestion of pestisides due to disinsection (spraying the aircraft cabin with insecticide).

Have any studies been carried out with regard to to incidence of work related diseases in cabin crew, such as repiratory, muscular, repetetive strain injuries or the incidence of osteoarthritis?

Long haul cabin crew are often subjected to stress from workloads, time deadlines, addressing passenger discomfort and the effect of turbulance. They receive training to help deal with these situations.

However, has there been any study on the effect of working in such a confined space continually?

What are the long term effects on the musculoskeletal system of stretching, pushing, twisting or standing for long periods with the body compensating for unpredicable aircraft movements and being subjected to the compressive forces on the spine, knees and other joints in the event of "heavy" landings?

Thanks in anticipation of an interesting discussion,

Kind regards,

Tim.B 

The below may be of interest....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183927

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169814107001229

Jamie

Areotoxic syndrome may be something you want to research regarding bleed air. This is just one reference https://www.aerotoxic.org/about-aerotoxic-syndrome.html

https://www.iirsm.org/sites/default/files/000_IIRSM_Sept-Oct2017_Contaminated_Cabins_Feature.pdf

This was an artice I read a while ago