Air force pilot: "I kept having symptoms"

May 6, 2012 4:00 PM

Captain Josh Wilson tells Lesley Stahl why he needed to spend time in a hyperbaric chamber after flying the F-22.

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by rkpomeroy May 7, 2012 12:59 AM EDT: Have the experts check that the oxygen generator is not making singlet oxygen: (two opposing arrows)O2; normal oxygen is triplet oxygen(two parallel arrows)O2. The experts will know what singlet oxygen is: nasty stuff and probably near impossible to detect.; Reply to this comment


by penwa69 May 6, 2012 11:36 PM EDT: Thank you for airing this story. We all need to feel comfortable reporting when lives are at risk. No one should question whether they should be a whistle blower. No one should be put in the position in the first place. The general is in denial. Why doesn't he switch the oxygen system as senjohnh suggested? Incompetence, nothing more, nothing less. It should be a no-brainer to protect service men and women. That a general is turning his back after "unusually high and unacceptable" is deplorable.; Reply to this comment


by senjohnh May 6, 2012 9:57 PM EDT: THIS IS RE: F22 PIECE BY LESLIE STAHL W/ TWO PILOTS SUFFERING FROM OXYGEN PROBLEM..
I'M NOT A PILOT BUT WORKED ON PLANES,ETC FOR MANY YEARS.. THE F14,F15,F15E,F16,F18 ALL HAD A "GOOD WORKING" OXYGEN SYSTEM..WHY DID AIR FORCE CHANGE SYSTEM FOR F22??AND Y DON'T THEY USE ONE OF THOSE PREVIOUS ONES IF THEY WORKED OK AND THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT??SEEMS VERY SIMPLE TO ME UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING..JNH; Reply to this comment

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