Last month the FAA finalized its rule changes dealing with pilot work and rest hours to keep fatigued pilots out of the cockpit. Ned Levi examines the new rules to see if they fulfill Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s promise to “do everything possible to make sure pilots are rested when they get in the cockpit.”
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The president of the Airline Pilots Association, John Prater, had some sobering words about pilot fatigue before the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, yesterday. His testimony about the realities of a pilot’s life and duty time are eye-opening, to say the least.
