Posts tagged pilot fatigue

• Northwest Flight 188: A Heated Discussion or Pilot Fatigue?

  Jerry H. Trachtman | October 26, 2009 1:49 PM | 8 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Everyone has heard about the Northwest Airlines flight that departed San Diego bound for Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP), and flew 150 miles past its destination before turning back and landing....

• Pilot Fatigue- FAA is taking notice but are they telling passengers the truth

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 9:38 AM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Federal Aviation Administration head Randy Babbitt says It's absolutely unsafe to think that commuter cockpit crews can fly as many hours or stay on duty for as long as pilots who may fly one...

• Air Traffic Controller On A Personal Phone Call Just Before the Hudson Crash

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Quoting from the the Daily Record, the Chairman of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Deborah Hersman, ...told a congressional committee Wednesday that shortly after the single-engine...