Air

Safer skies means cargo flights too

Fatigue is Impairment. Period.

It seems as though some in the aviation business are operating under the impression that fatigue is not a big deal.  Some have gone so far as to claim on the record that "[fatigue]'s never been identified as a contributing factor in any commercial aviation accident or incident in recent ... in as long as I can remember."(1) Or how about this: “I don’t know of one cargo accident in North America because of fatigue.”(2)

I’m shocked that anyone in this industry would profess such ignorance. 

Retired workers play growing role

The role of retirees in the union is growing, and vital to the union;s work, Unifor’s annual Retired Workers Council heard