Fatigue Denial......... Hello Tomorrow
For well hidden fatigue issues look no further than certain members of the rising 5 star airlines in the Middle East..........
The 'factorisation' of flying hours, thereby exceeding 900 hours per year routinely, some of the industry's longest sectors flown with inadequate rest facilities, common bad practice of scheduling 24 hr layovers with much back-of-the-clock ops, punitive reporting culture, hiding fatigue reporting statistics, regulator in the airlines' back pocket, rapid expansion and zero pilot representation, with indifferent and pre-historic management......
And yet with lots of other areas in the doldrums, folks are queuing up to join - what to do? We all know the sad logical outcome, we've all been warned and yet the wheel of life in our business keeps repeating itself with the obvious tragic outcomes. Can we never learn...........?
Last edited by Plank Cap; 27th Jun 2012 at 09:52.
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