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刚在老美军坛里看到的
一个访谈节目。。。。。

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Two military pilots won't fly the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force's most sophisticated fighter plane, because they say a lack of oxygen during flight is causing disorientation and worse. Lesley Stahl reports

Military officers rarely speak out against their services, but in our lead story you'll hear from two elite pilots who question the safety of Air Force's most sophisticated, stealthy, and expensive fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor. Maj. Jeremy Gordon and Capt. Joshua Wilson have chosen to stop flying the F-22 because they say during some flights they and other pilots have experienced oxygen deprivation, disorientation, and worse. They are concerned about their safety in the air, as well as the long-term health consequences. The Air Force says it is doing all it can to investigate and solve the problem, and are keeping the jets in the air with careful supervision of the pilots.

.....................选几段  余下的你们自己看  渣水平就不献丑翻译了

Jeremy Gordon: Amongst F-22 pilots, there's a term called the "raptor cough," that is-- Lesley Stahl: The "raptor cough"?
Jeremy Gordon: In a room full of F-22 pilots, the vast majority will be coughing a lot of the times. Other things-- laying down for bed at night after flying and getting just the spinning room feeling, dizziness, tumbling, vertigo kind of stuff.
Lesley Stahl: I had heard that other pilots, because of their fears of crashing from their own vertigo, whatever, that they're taking out additional life insurance policies.
Josh Wilson: They are. Absolutely. We are waiting for something to happen. And if it happens, nobody's going to be surprised. I think it's a matter of time.


After a rash of similar hypoxia incidents, the Air Force took the radical step of grounding the entire F-22 fleet in May of 2011. The Pentagon revealed there had been 14 of these events in the previous three years, a rate described by its own scientific advisory board as "unusually high...and unacceptable."

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Lesley Stahl: In your opinion, is the F-22 safe to fly?

Jeremy Gordon: I'm not comfortable answering that question directly. I am not comfortable flying in the F-22 right now.

Josh Wilson: I am currently not flying the aircraft. In a rare show of defiance for Air Force officers, both men informed their command in January they were going to stop flying.

Lesley Stahl: The Air Force says there is an inherent risk in flying. Period. Any of these planes.
Josh Wilson: Yes.
Lesley Stahl: Kind of sounds like, "Man up, guys. There's a risk. Come on."
Jeremy Gordon: Absolutely there's an inherent level of risk, just like there's an inherent level of risk of driving.

Lesley Stahl: You mean if there's a mechanical risk?

Jeremy Gordon: There's a mechanical risk or even an enemy threat where I'm trained to deal with that threat. But this is something strapped to my face under which I have no control what's coming through that tube which means there may be a point when I don't have control over myself when I'm flying.

To make matters worse, some of the pilots began coughing up black sputum. Air Force doctors cut into oxygen hoses, found - as this doctor's photo shows - black residue. And determined that the new filters that were supposed to be protecting pilots were shedding charcoal and pilots were breathing it in.

Lesley Stahl: Have the doctors spoken out? Have the doctors come forward and said, "Our pilots are having serious issues here. We have to find the cause and until we do these pilots shouldn't be up there"?

Josh Wilson: Absolutely.

Jeremy Gordon: Yes.


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刚在老美军坛里看到的
一个访谈节目。。。。。

cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57427432/is-the-air-forces-f-22-fighter-jet-making-pilots-sick/?tag=contentMain;contentBody    （新号发不了链接。。请自行添加www = =）


Watch the Segment »

Two military pilots won't fly the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force's most sophisticated fighter plane, because they say a lack of oxygen during flight is causing disorientation and worse. Lesley Stahl reports

Military officers rarely speak out against their services, but in our lead story you'll hear from two elite pilots who question the safety of Air Force's most sophisticated, stealthy, and expensive fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor. Maj. Jeremy Gordon and Capt. Joshua Wilson have chosen to stop flying the F-22 because they say during some flights they and other pilots have experienced oxygen deprivation, disorientation, and worse. They are concerned about their safety in the air, as well as the long-term health consequences. The Air Force says it is doing all it can to investigate and solve the problem, and are keeping the jets in the air with careful supervision of the pilots.

.....................选几段  余下的你们自己看  渣水平就不献丑翻译了

Jeremy Gordon: Amongst F-22 pilots, there's a term called the "raptor cough," that is-- Lesley Stahl: The "raptor cough"?
Jeremy Gordon: In a room full of F-22 pilots, the vast majority will be coughing a lot of the times. Other things-- laying down for bed at night after flying and getting just the spinning room feeling, dizziness, tumbling, vertigo kind of stuff.
Lesley Stahl: I had heard that other pilots, because of their fears of crashing from their own vertigo, whatever, that they're taking out additional life insurance policies.
Josh Wilson: They are. Absolutely. We are waiting for something to happen. And if it happens, nobody's going to be surprised. I think it's a matter of time.


After a rash of similar hypoxia incidents, the Air Force took the radical step of grounding the entire F-22 fleet in May of 2011. The Pentagon revealed there had been 14 of these events in the previous three years, a rate described by its own scientific advisory board as "unusually high...and unacceptable."

.............

Lesley Stahl: In your opinion, is the F-22 safe to fly?

Jeremy Gordon: I'm not comfortable answering that question directly. I am not comfortable flying in the F-22 right now.

Josh Wilson: I am currently not flying the aircraft. In a rare show of defiance for Air Force officers, both men informed their command in January they were going to stop flying.

Lesley Stahl: The Air Force says there is an inherent risk in flying. Period. Any of these planes.
Josh Wilson: Yes.
Lesley Stahl: Kind of sounds like, "Man up, guys. There's a risk. Come on."
Jeremy Gordon: Absolutely there's an inherent level of risk, just like there's an inherent level of risk of driving.

Lesley Stahl: You mean if there's a mechanical risk?

Jeremy Gordon: There's a mechanical risk or even an enemy threat where I'm trained to deal with that threat. But this is something strapped to my face under which I have no control what's coming through that tube which means there may be a point when I don't have control over myself when I'm flying.

To make matters worse, some of the pilots began coughing up black sputum. Air Force doctors cut into oxygen hoses, found - as this doctor's photo shows - black residue. And determined that the new filters that were supposed to be protecting pilots were shedding charcoal and pilots were breathing it in.

Lesley Stahl: Have the doctors spoken out? Have the doctors come forward and said, "Our pilots are having serious issues here. We have to find the cause and until we do these pilots shouldn't be up there"?

Josh Wilson: Absolutely.

Jeremy Gordon: Yes.


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