Flight Time Limitations
What The Media Say
Below you will find all media coverage of the FTL issue, sorted by language.
***Special Compilation of the media coverage of ECA's Demonstration
in front of the EU Transport Ministers' Council Meeting in Luxembourg
on 16 June 2011***
TV reports on Pilot Fatigue
- Flugverkehr: Piloten im Sekundenschlaf (Engl. Version)
- Flugverkehr: Piloten im Sekundenschlaf
- Concerns over Pilot Fatigue - BBC (video)
English
Longer Hours for pilots will raise conceerns for safety - The Irish Independent (14 April 2012)
Nearly HALF of all pilots have admitted that they have fallen asleep at the controls - Daily Mail (23 February 2012)
Pilots admit they 'nod off' – and their hours are set to soar - The Independant (23 February 2012)
Pilots on 14-hour shifts ‘more likely to crash’ - Metro (23 February 2012)
EU PILOT RULES ‘WILL PUT LIVES IN DANGER’ - Express (23 February 2012)
Pilots warn over ‘dangerous’ rules - Scotsman (23 February 2012)
Pilots admit they fall asleep in cockpit – and their hours are set to soar - The Belfast Telegraph (23 February 2012)
Pilots warn European flight-time changes ‘are a danger to public safety’ - Yorkshire Post (23 February 2012)
Air Passengers' Lives Will be Put at Risk, Pilots Warn - The Guardian (22 February 2012)
Over-tired pilots who fall asleep on duty - BBC News (22 February 2012)
Longer Flight Times Could Lead To Plane Crashes, Pilots Tell MPs - Huffington Post (22 February 2012)
EU flying hours could put passengers 'at risk', MPs told - The Telegraph (22 February 2012)
BALPA: Nearly Half Of Us Fall Asleep - AVweb (22 February 2012)
Flying on auto-pilot - China Daily (04 October 2011)
Flight 3407 families enlist lawmakers to pressure Obama on pilot-fatigue rules - By Keith Laing, The Hill.com (04 October 2011)
Still waiting for air safety improvements - By Al Kamen, Washington Post (05 October 2011)
Airlines Put Profit Over Passenger Safety in Letter to White House - Digital Journal (06 October 2011)
Air Transport Association (ATA) Tells White House Airline Profit is More Important than Passenger Safety - By Jonathan Hodgson, News Junky Journal (07 October 2011)
Pilots warn on EU safety rules - (16 October 2011)
Swedish pilots "nodding off" at work - Radio Sweden (19 October 2011)
Half of Swedish pilots fall asleep in the cockpit - The Local (Sweden) (19 October 2011)
Half of Swedish pilots doze off in cockpit - UPI.com (19 October 2011)
New EU rules could mean ‘drunk’ pilots - By Patrick Dewhurst, Cyprus Mail (25 October 2011)
No compromises on air safety, Minister stresses - Famagusta Gazette (25 October 2011)
The Union: ”Not uncommon that pilots fall asleep” - Svenska Dagbladet (Translation) (2 May 2011)
Doctors shocked over pilot fatigue - Edited by Julian Isherwood, Politiken (18 April 2011)
This is your captain sleeping: How exhausted pilots snooze at the controls (and two of them even had a nap at the same time) - By Ray Massey, Daily Mail (7 April 2011)
Pilots 'fell asleep during flight' - By Peter Woodman, The Independent (7 April 2011)
Long-haul pilots fell asleep at controls - By David Millward, The Telegraph (7 April 2011)
One in five pilots 'suffers cockpit fatigue' - By Richard Scott, BBC News (6 April 2011)
EU Flight-Time Rules Endanger Passenger Lives, U.K. Pilots Say - By Steve Rothwell, Bloomberg (January 28 2011)
EU PLAN TO LET PILOTS FLY LONGER ‘PUTS LIVES AT RISK’- By John Ingham, Express (28 January 2011)
European ruling could cause pilots to suffer fatigue - By Mark Ellis, Daily Mirror (28 January 2011)
Flight time limitations: ECA stands its ground - By Isabelle Smets, Europolitics (16 June 2011)
Fight Is Heating Up in Europe Over New Pilot-Fatigue Rules - By Andy Pasztor, The Wall Street Journal (17 June 2011)
When Are Pilots Safe to Fly? The Answer Is Still Being Debated - By Christine Negroni, The New York Times (20 June 2011)
Français
Les pilotes européens fatigués manifestent - par Elodie Trojanowski, wort.lu (17 juin 2011)
Les pilotes de ligne européens manifestent - Aerobuzz.fr (16 juin 2011)
Aérien : la future réglementation européenne contestée par les syndicats de pilotes - TourMag.com (15 juin 2011)
Pilotes d'avion et conducteurs de train manquent de sommeil - Le Figaro (6 mars 2012)
Les pilotes sont-ils fatigués ? - Travel Express (12 mars 2012)
Dansk
Forskere dumper nye pilotkrav - Michael Lund, John Hansen, Claus Blok Thomsen, Politiken ( 26 oktober 2011)
Flyselskaber og piloter gar sammen - Michael Lund, John Hansen, Claus Blok Thomsen, Politiken ( 26 oktober 2011)
Deutsch
Luftsicherheit - EASA will kürsere Pausen für Piloten einführ - Der Spiegel Online (12 Februar 2011)
EU gefährdet Flugsicherheit - Tagelblatt Online (14 Februar 2011)
Luftverkehr : Piloten sollen mehr arbeiten und weniger schlafen - DerWesten (1 April 2011)
Piloten fürchten EU-PläneÜbermüdet im Cockpit - SWR (1 April 2011)
Profit vor Sicherheit Übermüdete Piloten als Risikofaktor - Kontrovers (6 April 2011)
Schlaf im Cockpit - EU lockert Arbeitszeiten - WDR (6 April 2011)
Piloten: Übermüdung im Cockpit - WDR (18 April 2011)
Müde Piloten am Steuerknüppel - von Daniel Jaggi, K-Tipp (20 April 2011)
NRW will die Arbeitszeit von Piloten begrenzen - Der Spiegel (23 April 2011)
Übermüdet im Cockpit - SWR Cont.ra
Español
Martínez de Velasco: “Es curioso que Iberia sancione a los pilotos por cumplir la ley” - de Carmen Porras, La Gaceta (11 de mayo)
Martínez de Velasco: “Es curioso que Iberia sancione a los pilotos por cumplir la ley” - Preferente.com (13 de mayo 2011)
ECA rechaza la normativa sobre la fatiga en Luxemburgo - Aviaciondigit@l (16 de junio 2011)
Français
"On enchaîne des journées de 15 heures" - L'Essentiel (11 février 2011)
Pilotes Inquiets - Le Vif L'Express (18 mars 2011)
Les pilotes suédois sont-ils plus fatigués que les autres ? - Déplacements Pros (20 octobre 2011)
Italiano
I piloti minacciano il blocco "Due ore di lavoro in più, voli insicuri" - Lucio Cillis, La Repubblica (18 Marzo 2011)
Piloti europei sul piede di guerra contro l'aumento degli orari di lavoro - Lucio Cillis, La Repubblica (09 Giugno 2011)
Nederlands
Piloten boos om voorstel langere werktijden - Joost Freys, Het Laatste Nieuws (22 maart 2011)
Helft piloten dommelt in achter stuurknuppel - Het Laatste Nieuws Online (21 oktober 2011)
Norsk
En av to piloter har sovnet i cockpit - Dagbladet (2 Februar 2011)
206 norske piloter vedgar at de sovnet - Av Martin Nilsen, VG Nett (9 Februar 2011)
Pilotene frykter flere ulykker med 16-timers arbeidsdager - VG Nett (19 March 2012)
Svenska
Många piloter somnar i cockpit - www.nyheterna.se (19 oktober 2011)
Varannan pilot har somnat under flygning - Christer Stenberg, SVT (18 oktober 2011)
Trötta piloter somnar i cockpit - Boras Tidning (19 oktober 2011)
Svenska piloter somnar under flygning - Anna Skarin, Expressen (19 oktober 2011)
Piloter somnar i cockpit - Various (19 oktober 2011)
Inte ovanligt att piloter somnar under flygning - Mittuniversitetet (19 oktober 2011)
Suomi
Lentäjät kammoavat 14 tunnin työvuoroa - Laura Manninen, Talous Sanomat (13 Heinäkuu 2011)
Lentäjät barrikadeille väsymystä vastaan - STT Info (16 Kesäkuu 2011)
Joka toinen ruotsalaislentäjä nukahtaa kesken lennon - YLE.fi (19 Lokakuu 2011)
Yli puolet ruotsalaislentäjistä nukahtanut lennon aikana - MTV3.fi (19 Lokakuu 2011)
Väsymys painaa lentäjiä ohjaamoissa - www-1.cms.ts.fi (19 Lokakuu 2011)
Lentäjät nukahtelevat ohjaamoissa – huoli Suomessa - Uusi Suomi (19 Lokakuu 2011)
