Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
If I remember correctly, and I'm probably wrong, but I believe that they concluded it was a "contributing" factor, but not a "primary" or "main" factor. I believe the CORPEX accident was the same.
When you read through the reports and look at the error chain that evolved in those wrecks, it's all too easy for the investigative agencies to conclude it was "human factors", etc with fatigue being contributing but not primary.
I PERSONALLY don't feel that way, but thats the way they are seeing it. Until fatigue is the PRIMARY causal factor in an an accident that kills people, flight/duty times more than likely won't ever change.
However, one positive thing that came out of the AA/LIT was the change to reserve time being considered for duty time.
exactly. they have gone in circles with regard to fatigue being the primary cause of an accident. After seeing the facts put out by the ntsb i believe that it will be one of the leading factors when the final decision is made. I am not jumping to conclusions or trying to do my own investigation. I do believe however that the chain of events that lead up to the accident culminated with a long duty day and fatigue which would impare the judgement of any of us.