Sleepy in the Skies: Report Warns of Pilot Fatigue
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Studies from NASA indicate that tired pilots are a top safety concern in aviation, reports an article in USA Today — in 2003, NASA citied 750 fatigue related incidents.
Captain John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association and a pilot for Continental Airlines, discusses flying fatigue.
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