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AME offers tips to protect pilots from coronavirus

By General Aviation News Staff · March 16, 2020 ·

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has published a post online with tips for pilots on how to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

It has suggestions from Senior AME Brent Blue about self-certifying, as well as what to do if you fly a passenger who becomes sick shortly after a flight.

It’s important to wipe down the aircraft’s interior surfaces “including headsets and mics. If they have a foam mic cover, it should be taken off the mic and rinsed in a 10 percent Clorox solution and dried thoroughly before reinstalling.” He also reminded pilots to clean the underlying microphone with a disinfectant wipe, and any touch screens, too.

See other tips in the full post here.

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  1. Randall says

    March 18, 2020 at 4:33 am

    Be careful with disinfectant wipes on glass panel avionics. Many of these (like Dynon) have anti-glare coatings that disinfect wipes will remove and damage, and that damage is not covered under warranty.

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