Too Many Controllers In Training, Not Enough Experienced
Ones
The FAA's lightning-round hiring of new air traffic controllers
to replace retiring veterans has compromised the safety of the
nation's skies. That's not (just) more rhetoric from the National
Air Traffic Controllers Association, locked in a contentious
two-year battle with the agency over a new contract; that's the
finding of the Department of Transportation's inspector
general.
Safety Board Wants Measures To Keep Cockpit Crews Awake
The National Transportation Safety Board made two
recommendations Tuesday to the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) to address human fatigue within airline operations. The Board
recommended that the FAA develop guidance, based on empirical and
scientific evidence, for operators to establish fatigue management
systems, including information about the content and implementation
of these systems.
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The head of Delta Air Lines's pilots union told the Associated
Press Monday he doesn't think record fuel prices will force
management to ask pilots for wage concessions during Delta's
acquisition of Northwest Airlines.
Plead Guilty To Disorderly Conduct, Remain Suspended From
Airline
The saga of Pinnacle Airlines employees Jeffrey Bradford and
Adrianna Connor came one step closer to resolution Monday. The two
24-year old employees -- he's a pilot, she's a flight attendant --
each pleaded guilty to one charge of disorderly conduct, stemming
from a nighttime encounter in the woods near Swatara Township in
central Pennsylvania.
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