Australian pilots mull body scan boycott
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- Thursday, 11 November 2010
The vice-president of the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA), Captain Richard Woodward, said pilots in Australia had concerns about privacy and exposure to radiation.
"The allowable limit for radiation workers is 20 mSv per annum. And the average pilot, depending on where they're flying, gets between three and six.
"For instance, if you fly to London or over to South America, it's equivalent to a chest X-ray every time you fly.
"So radiation is cumulative and going through these machines would just add to the total radiation the crew are exposed to."
