History — 604.176

604.176 The component of the training program for flight crew members who will operate an aircraft above 13,000 feet ASL shall include the following elements: (a) physiological phenomena in a low pressure environment, including (i) the effects on respiration, (ii) the symptoms and effects of hypoxia, (iii) the duration of consciousness at various altitudes without supplemental oxygen, and (iv) the effects of gas expansion and gas bubble formation; and (b) the factors associated with rapid or explosive loss of pressurization, including (i) the most likely causes of the loss of pressurization, (ii) the increased level of noise, the change in cabin temperature and cabin fogging, (iii) the effects on objects located near a point of fuselage failure, and (iv) the actions to be taken by flight crew members immediately after the loss of pressurization and the aircraft attitude likely to result from those actions. SOR/2014-131, s. 18