Fatigue Causes Mistakes

Pilots, mechanics and air-traffic controllers reported that fatigue led them to make mistakes on the job. The NTSB will address the issue of fatigue Thursday at its annual hearing to adopt its "most wanted" safety enhancements. The NTSB has linked pilot fatigue to 10 commercial aviation accidents. The crashes, all since 1993, killed 260 people. Pilot unions say fatigue is one of the top safety threats in aviation. The incidents are partially the result of changes in work rules imposed by financially troubled airlines that have put added pressures on pilots to fly longer hours, unions say. For related news