Does anybody get this while flying?
06-23-2008, 01:53 PM
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Does anybody get this while flying?
I know whenever Im on a commercial airline my eardrums always pop, but does that only happen in the cabin? or do pilots also experience this everytime?
I also get runny nose sometimes is this normal?
I also get runny nose sometimes is this normal?
06-23-2008, 02:22 PM
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ok yeah the ear popping is normal, I don't notice it much in the cockpit because you talk on the radio and to each other so that your ears are contantly adjusted. The nose running is probably related to pressure change aswell, I've had that when I am sick.
06-23-2008, 02:43 PM
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Were you sitting in coach? With the rising cost in fuel prices most airlines have asked their pilots to turn off the ear de-poppers in coach to save money. We always keep the ear de-poppers on in first class and the cockpit.
Everytime someone has asked us to turn on the ear de-poppers in coach when they boarded the aircraft, we have always done it the whole flight as a curtousy. So it never hurts to ask the pilots when you get on the plane.
Everytime someone has asked us to turn on the ear de-poppers in coach when they boarded the aircraft, we have always done it the whole flight as a curtousy. So it never hurts to ask the pilots when you get on the plane.
06-24-2008, 08:47 AM
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Alt usually changes faster in the EMB...if cabin altitude changes slowly, your ears and sinuses will equalize gradually without any squeezing or popping. Might not even be noticeable.
06-24-2008, 10:55 AM
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06-24-2008, 03:27 PM
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My right ear fails to pop on every other flight or so... Also when it does this, the very next pop can be heard from the aisle next to me... And yes, it hurts like crap...
But yea, ask for the de poppers, i wish i knew bout those when i first started flying....
But yea, ask for the de poppers, i wish i knew bout those when i first started flying....
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