I was thinking that since standard weather reports as far as I know don't tell you about whether your flight will be hit with solar flares during the solar maximum it might be good to look at:
so before you get on your flight you can see if any solar flares are hitting or will hit the magnetosphere of earth while you are flying. Especially, if you have some sort of heart condition you might want to know about what is going on before board your plane so you don't get "surprised" like I did flying home on the 8th of October. Especially during the next year or two (I think the maximum is something like may 2013. It's sort of like being concerned about Hurricane season during a time of the year, except that it's once every 11 years for the sun. But, this solar maximum is at least 2 years long. So, especially during this time be careful flying with some kind of already diagnosed heart problem.
But, by reading the daily reports of spaceweather.com you can have more confidence that your health isn't being degraded by exposure to solar Flares hitting the magnetosphere while you are up there too. You really only need to look the website the night before the day you fly or just before you head off for the airport as to what exactly is hitting the magnetosphere right then. So, at least then you can be reassured that at least that hazard has been removed as a possibility of affecting your health.
"Heart problems often occur or begin during the EMPs (electromagnetic pulses) of magnetic storms while flying" So, if you know you have a heart problem already, you can always make the choice of When you will choose to fly.
Also, I'm talking about flying between 20,000 to 40,000 feet in altitude or above. I don't think flying under 10,000 feet to 12,000 feet would make much difference if you were in a small private plane. However, I haven't researched this, regarding a small plane this just seems logical to me.
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