Entry # 5 - September 27, 2013
Source: Toronto Stars
September 27, 2013
More than half of the pilots of British Airline admitted that they have fallen asleep in the cockpit. According to BALPA (British Airline Pilots's Association), fifty six (56) percents of 500 commercial pilots have fallen asleep while in the cockpit. About one-third of them said they had woken up and find their co-pilots also asleep. The new rule that was released by European Parliament mean that pilots could work up to a hundred and ten (110) hours in a two-week period, more than the ninety five (95) hours limit. Almost half of the pilots agree that pilot exhaustion was the biggest threat to flight safety.
This is not acceptable in any way! British Airline has one of the strictest rules in the world, but there are still half of the pilots have falling asleep in the cockpit. This is a very shocking survey. How can we insure passengers' safety when the only people know how to fly a plane are asleep. This problem has to be solved, and the new rule is not helping at all. However, it will increase the tiredness of the pilots, which will make everything worse. This new rule of increasing flying hour limit can not pass. Flight safety is a very serious business, and there's no way this can keep happening.
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