Air quality in Pattaya and respiratory infections

[gerefan2]

In trying to understand such problems, I'd be tempted to consider the impact of spending twelve hours enclosed in a metal box, surrounded by two hundred passengers who, between them, must be carrying all sorts of infections.

On a previous flight to Thailand in August I asked the Chief Purser how many passengers were on board as the flight appeared to be full.

I was staggered when he replied 610…..yes 610!

550 in Economy and 60 in Business.

Airbus A380, Emirates.

[Moses]

It maybe just "a problem of dirty aircon filters". I'm sure owners of small hotels and apartments don't clean filters in aircons yearly as it is recommended by manufacturer, so filters collect a lot of dust and also bacterias from pev. guests.

[gerefan2]

It maybe just "a problem of dirty aircon filters". I'm sure owners of small hotels and apartments don't clean filters in aircons yearly as it is recommended by manufacturer, so filters collect a lot of dust and also bacterias from pev. guests.

You are 100% correct.
Now I remember a few years ago in a rented condo I had to ask the landlord to clean the aircon as i was sure it was making me feel sick.
Afterwards all the symptoms disappeared.

[Armando]

On a previous flight to Thailand in August I asked the Chief Purser how many passengers were on board as the flight appeared to be full.

I was staggered when he replied 610…..yes 610!

550 in Economy and 60 in Business.

Airbus A380, Emirates.

Emirates started reducing its first/business class only upper deck on some A380s quite a few years ago. It got rid of first and cut about 20 seats from business. So the first rows in the upper deck now have around 100 economy seats in front of the smaller biz class cabin. At least they kept the stand-up bar at the back.

[Dodger]

MFAS made a good suggestion a while back when he recommended that expats get a home air filtration system.

I never got one myself...maybe this year.

[Moses]

MFAS made a good suggestion a while back when he recommended that expats get a home air filtration system.

I never got one myself...maybe this year.

For comfort life at home you should have 2 systems additional to aircon: first will pump and filter fresh air from outside, second one in bedroom will just nonstop to filter air. Optional third system will humidify air when necessary. All 3 +aircon is better to connect to smart home - they will work only when it is really necessary - fresh air will be pumped only when carbon dioxide will be too high in home, humidifier will work only when air is too dry.

I have all all of them installed and am happy with such setup of climatization, controlling that from my phone, but in general smart home does almost 95% of control.

PS: all this climatization is now quite cheap, for example Xiaomi 2 purifiers, humidifier + smart home itself costs less than $1000.

[poshglasgow]

In trying to understand such problems, I'd be tempted to consider the impact of spending twelve hours enclosed in a metal box, surrounded by two hundred passengers who, between them, must be carrying all sorts of infections.

Definitely a consideration!

[christianpfc]

I found my room too wet (my air purifier shower water content in air), and now run the aircon on dehumidify mode.