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Old 8th Jun 2004, 18:07
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Perhaps they were fatigued!

Sorry yes they were fatigued. So whats going on. All aircrew and controllers are complaining about the working hours. But nobody is doing anything about it. Therefore more accidents are occurring. I don\'t know why the authorities ignore these posts and stick their heads in the sand. I hope somebody from the media picks up all the information which has been posted lately such as:-
Extended flight crew rostering.
Extended cabin crew rostering.
ATCO\'s always breaking their maximum permitted hours.
Sickness policies.
This is now a very unsafe business we are working in due to financial/commercial pressures on our employers. I am sad to say that I would rather lose my job rather than make a descision to take a day off sick due to fatigue or illness.
In the end the Airlines and Airport Companies will pay the price of having fatigued and unfit people working for them. Look at Linate.
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