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Behind FlySafair’s industry accolades and near-perfect on-time record, more than 200 pilots have launched a two-week strike, ...
As travel disruptions continue, the strike is shaping up to be a pivotal moment for labour relations in South African ...
The NTSB put pilot fatigue on its “Most Wanted” list of safety improvements and kept it there for 22 straight years, but it wasn’t until the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Buffalo, New ...
Feb. 9, 2011— -- Despite denials from the airline industry, large numbers of pilots report to duty every day after getting only a few hours of what fatigue experts call "destructive sleep" in ...
Pilot unions have issued several warnings that pilots are being pushed to their maximum as airlines build up flight schedules and recapture revenue lost during the pandemic.
Solidarity union claims pilots are “exhausted” as FlySafair downplays impact and commits to operational continuity.
Dec. 21, 2011 — -- Nearly three years after 50 people perished in an airplane crash in Buffalo, New York, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a new rule today to combat pilot fatigue ...
Reacting to the deadly crash of a regional airliner in western New York early last year, federal regulators Friday unveiled a long-awaited proposal to combat fatigue among commercial pilots by ...
The recent debacle when American Airlines flight 331 crashed in Jamaica on Dec. 22, 2009 and other airline tragedies have ignited a firestorm of controversy about pilot fatigue and the safety of ...
Today, fatigue remains a problem for pilots and a risk to the flying public, but incomplete science and the positive effect of aviation technology make the best solutions hard to see.
Lawmakers demanded Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood write new rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, as he promised to do last year after an airline crash near Buffalo, N.Y., ...
NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - India's air safety watchdog has launched a review of pilot fatigue data to see if any policy changes are needed after the sudden death of an IndiGo , opens new tab ...