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Does airline’s policy discourage pilots from calling in fatigued?


February 5, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, fatigue, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

A broadcast report says the airline that operated the flight that crashed and killed 50 people near Buffalo, NY, recently issued a policy limiting pilots’ ability to call in fatigued.

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Were employees too tired to work safely? 50 killed


May 22, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: cost of safety, Fatality, fatigue, Special Report, Transportation safety

sleepy-worker

Imagine this: Two of your employees who work together both get little sleep before performing a safety-sensitive task. Then, the two are involved in an incident that kills 50 people.

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