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Old 15th August 2006 | 11:07
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A2QFI
 
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"He said: "This is a shocking finding. If you make a mistake at 30,000ft it is a little bit different from a worker who has not got several hundred people's lives in their hands."

A bit simplistic! Such a mistake would not immediately be fatal! How does this 'overtired pilot' get home? Probably driving his own car in which 1/10th of a second of inattention could kill him! Driving tired is more immediately dangerous than flying tired, with 2 people in the cockpit checking each other IMHO. That said the findings don't make pleasant reading.
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