All-cargo pilots need rest too
The pilots of the air line pilots association (Alpa), the coalition of airline pilots associations, including the independent pilots association, and the international brotherhood of teamsters local 1224, join US house of representatives leaders to introduce legislation that would apply one level of safety for all-cargo operations in the same manner as passenger operations.
The safe skies act, introduced by several representatives, would ensure that cargo pilots have the same flight, duty, and rest requirements as their passenger-carrying counterparts in order to prevent dangers posed by fatigued pilots.
Alpa president Joe DePete: "Based on statistics, if the accident rate of all-cargo operations was applied to passenger operations, there would be an additional 277 accidents within ten years." (ah)