In the newest video in the FAA’s Pilot Minute series, Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup, MD, covers the physiological impacts of dehydration on flying, and offers several suggestions for mitigation.
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Excellent point but she left out what my old AME taught us years ago. Just pounding water without GOOD electrolytes isn’t very effective. He pushed Pedialite/Pediapops or our preferred CVS version. Gatorade and similar are mostly sugar and poor electrolytes.