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Old 31st May 2007, 16:48
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shoey1976
 
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I vaguely remember that, being from Coventry myself. I'll certainly have a look into it.
To the best of my knowledge, the above incident was the only one involving a CAA-regulated operator in the last five years - I spent most of an afternoon going through AAIB bulletins since April 2002.
Again, if anybody knows anything to the contrary I'm all ears.
Scientific consensus suggests fatigue to have been a factor in around 15-20 per cent of incidents and accidents -- way, way higher than the figure suggested by those AAIB stats.
Why the discrepancy??? Have the scientists got it wrong, or are there reasons why fatigue is (a) not always reported or (b) not always looked for?
You may think I'm being very naive in asking that question, but again I stress I'm a journalist, not a pilot, and that's why I'm asking.
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