The Chicago accident attorneys of Passen & Powell have often expressed concern over the problem of pilot fatigue. Now, the FAA has completed a fifteen-month effort to overhaul the regulations governing pilot hours, with the goal of reducing pilot fatigue and increasing safety. The overhaul is long overdue: many of the pilot regulations date back… Read More
The Need for Stringent Pilot Fatigue Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has come under fire for continuing to delay issuing new pilot fatigue rules. Pilot fatigue is a serious safety hazard and a known cause of catastrophic airplane crashes. Indeed, federal data links pilot fatigue to 20 airplane accidents that resulted in 273 fatalities between 1989 and 2008. Fatigue or exhaustion… Read More