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Pilot Fatigue finally hits the front page!!

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spitfire1500

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Wall Street Journal showed up today (9/12) and right on the front page "Pilot Fatigue Spurs Renewed Calls For Safeguards, Shorter Flying Times" Finally not relegated to the back pages.
 
Oh, just another article. Remember, FARs are written with blood. There is no blood here, so nothing will change.
 
Yea... Here is some breaking news..... Tired people screw up. I am sure they will fix this right away. I am holding my breath as we speak.
 
McCain is against reducing fatigue. Reducing fatigue will cost the corporati's money.... McCain is for the Corporations...

Its not Country First rather Corporate First...
 
can anyone post the article? I can't pull it up.
Will it include any actual science?
Reversing of sleep schedules and long duty days contribute to fatigue way more than just lot's o flight time.
 
Keep in mind that the airline profession was at its peak, when a senior captain could buy a new Cadillac on a months take-home pay. (adjusted for inflation, about $50,000 take-home pay).

Then during the President Carter administration, they decided that it was better for the "Jerry Springer crowd", to let them fly for less than a bus fare by forcing the airlines into "de-regulation".
Eventually, the giants of the industry, Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, Braniff and others met their demise.

President Carter is a Democrat !

Recently, de-regulation is being viewed by some as a cause to the airlines financial woes and some form of re-regulation is being explored by officials.

Democrat or Republican ?....good question...
 

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