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Old 1st Feb 2008, 12:20
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wellsey
 
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'I think that illness amongst train and bus drivers are not reported because their vehicles are already on the ground. The train has automatic braking systems and the bus may hurt a few people if the driver loses conciousness - but as far as the media are concerned - not enough people'

Not enough people? Tube drivers earn more than alot of First Officers and carry hundreds of passengers....and yet we dont hear of health problems or human factor reports in the media do we?
After several rail accidents and the fatalities involved, why are us aviators targeted so readily?
Here in the Uk the aviation safety record is world class and yet the media love any chance to hang us.
Leave the poor chap alone to recover. After all its why we fly two crew(at least).
If we are looking for something to learn from....a shake up of Canadian flight duty regs?
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