Deciding When Pilots Need A Rest

The Air Line Pilots Assn. (ALPA) thinks it is time for scientists—not airline management or the FAA—to determine how much rest a pilot needs before safety is affected. Pilot fatigue tops the union’s legislative agenda for 2009, and it is calling for the National Academy of Sciences to collect data...

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