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With much public fanfare, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published recently a proposed rule to limit pilots’ duty and flight time, thereby minimizing the risk of sleepy pilots flying passengers and putting all concerned at risk. Thus, if a pilot reports to...
Opening statement at 14 September hearing by Deborah Hersman Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board A little over a year ago, on August 8, 2009, a single-engine Piper aircraft that had departed Teterboro, New Jersey on its way to Ocean City, New Jersey,...
With ever more reports of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job, those responsible for their work schedules are in full damage control mode. Within the past 30 days, there have been seven reports of sleeping controllers, beginning with a lone controller dozing...