JetBlue Tests Pilot Fatigue Limits, With Passengers Aboard


	JetBlue Tests Pilot Fatigue Limits, With Passengers Aboard

jklugman

10-22-2006 6:04 PM

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work, airlines, labor, corporate-malfeasance, jetblue

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10-22-2006 8:04 PM

dfiskey

great..just what i wanted to know, that airlines are taking even more liberties to make us feel unsafe.

10-22-2006 8:36 PM

usmc6531

lol I couldnt stop laughing when I saw that photo.....maybe the restrictions currently set isnt such a bad idea huh?

10-22-2006 8:44 PM

bignosemousie

That pilot is clearly hung over.

10-23-2006 9:42 PM

nhorn

thats a super idea! ...not

10-23-2006 9:43 PM

enbar

Aren't all pilots hung over?

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