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Old 19th Oct 2009, 11:23
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Mr. Hat
 
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Fatigue and pitiful conditions

Why have the lawmakers yet again ignored fatigue/tiredness ect?

The solution they've come up with is more scrutiny and higher minimums. WTF!?

As Krusty points out, the pilots involved were living a pitiful existance in order to pay their bills in the hope of moving to a better job and just hoping that the lack of sleep russian roulette wouldn't last too long. Surely this existance this had a role to play in the accident as well as the training/checking and inexperience issues? From the article I can't see a mention of fatigue or working conditions can you?

But you know what? As long as the right airline is written on the ticket we'll all be okay right?
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