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Old 21st Feb 2008, 09:21
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fireflybob
 
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If you fly your life might well be in the hands of air traffic controllers who have been up all night.. If you have to visit hospital with an emergency, you may be operated on by a doctor who has worked twice as hard as any pilot or controller..... There are plenty more people in the world who manage their working hours without being unduly fatigued - I did it for nigh on 40 years. It's just a matter of managing one's life appropriately.
Heathrow Director, I know what you mean but might I respectfully suggest that it's not always as simple as that. Legislation still allows flight crew to work long and fatiguing schedules. Let's not forget that it took a major accident to get any flight time limitations back in early days of commercial aviation.

It's one thing to be "legal" but quite another to be fit to fly with respect to fatigue.
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