It was on the flight to Hawaii that he first noticed it, said Bill Trimm, community development director for the city of Mill Creek. They're not alone. A recently reported study on airplane air quality found that half of the airplane crews surveyed had received complaints on the cabin air from passengers.
Flight attendants complain, too.
Boeing is involved in a lawsuit with Alaska Airlines attendants, who say the air in MD-80 jets built by Boeing merger partner McDonnell Douglas made them sick. The governments of Australia and the United Kingdome have commissioned studies on airplane air quality, and in the United States, the National Academy of Science held a symposium on the topic in January. And it's a puzzling one. Flight attendants have symptoms. Passengers have symptoms.