Radiation doses while flying gliders

Bruno wrote:
I know a few airline pilots and none of them have died of cancer yet,
but with all the news about airport scanners and the comments that the
radiation they put out is the same amount as a few minutes of
radiation while at cruise has me thinking.


My vertebrate physiology professor did radiation research for the (never
produced) Super Sonic Transport (SST) back in the day. The idea was
that, at the (much) higher altitudes, radiation might be a problem. When
he concluded the project, he said that he was way more concerned about
the increased levels of ozone than the radiation.

Tony