Airplane cabin air quality monitoring system

An instrument comprising:

• a gas monitor and a docking station;
• wherein the docking station stores the gas monitor;
• wherein the instrument is a handheld measurement device;
• wherein the instrument is configured for use within an aircraft;
• wherein the aircraft is further defined with an ACARS and a bulkhead;
• wherein the instrument is an integrated test device that measures the atmosphere within the aircraft for a plurality of potentially hazardous gases;
• wherein the instrument provides the results of the measurements to a flight crew;
• wherein the plurality of potentially hazardous gases comprises one or more chemical substances that are selected from the group consisting of chemical substances that are in a gas phase at normal temperature and pressure conditions;
• wherein the gas monitor tests the atmosphere within an aircraft for the plurality of potentially hazardous gases;
• wherein the gas monitor further comprises a housing, a plurality of gas sensors, a plurality of compensation sensors, a spectrometer, and a control system;
• wherein the plurality of gas sensors, the plurality of compensation sensors, the spectrometer, and the control system are electrically interconnected;
• wherein the plurality of gas sensors, the plurality of compensation sensors, the spectrometer, and the control system are contained within the housing;
• wherein the control system manages and regulates the operation of the gas monitor;
• wherein the control system further collects the measurements taken by the plurality of gas sensors, the plurality of compensation sensors, and the spectrometer;
• wherein each of the plurality of gas sensors detects a gas selected from the plurality of potentially hazardous gases;
• wherein each of the plurality of compensation sensors measures an environmental condition;
• wherein the spectrometer takes spectrometric readings of the atmosphere;
• wherein the control system generates an alert if an anomaly is detected in the atmosphere;
• wherein the control system stores the spectrometric readings;
• wherein the housing is a rectilinear structure;
• wherein the housing is a rigid casing within which the balance of the gas monitor is contained;
• wherein the housing comprises a shell, a control chamber, a flow chamber, a port, a grip, and a copper foil;
• wherein the control chamber, the flow chamber, the port, the grip and the copper foil are contained within the shell;
• wherein the control chamber is a segregated chamber formed within the shell;
• wherein the control chamber contains the control system;
• wherein the port is an electrical connection;
• wherein the port transfers electrical power and communication signals between the control system and the ACARS;
• wherein the grip is formed in the shell.