Originally Posted by
GodAtum
I was asking a pilot friend of mine why I suffer headaches more in Airbuses than Boeings. He said that when an Airbus descends, the cabin pressure changes in stages rather then gradually like on a Boeing. Is this true?
Wow, interesting. I never knew this was how it worked. I always thought that it was some kind of a continuous process with bleed valves that gradually equalize the cabin. Hard to imagine how/why there would be steps/stages as described ... hmm ... time to wiki ...