Originally Posted by
Beagle Pilot
Unfortunately true. It took 53 deaths in Buffalo to convince Congress they should update the FARs. The reason the results as much as we wanted was due to the resistance by groups like the ATA, RAA and other monied interests.
Is it going to take another tragedy for them to really say..."oh geez, I guess there's something to this fatigue thing"?!?!?!?
Forget the fact that in the last 5 years along we've had 3 accidents where the NTSB said fatigue was a casual factor.