I read with some shock and awe that the APA would print a 1/4 page ad in today's USA Today basically telling the traveling public that, under current work rules, passengers could be flying with fatigued pilots. The implication, of course, is that this reduces safety. They even peppered in some NTSB accident snippets and examples.
I was also surprised to read that the union OPPOSES the raising of the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65. That's something I thought most pilots wanted, considering the last 7 years of cutbacks, furloughs, pension losses, etc. But maybe the membership of 60,000 really does want to hang it up at age 60.
Way to go APA.
I was also surprised to read that the union OPPOSES the raising of the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65. That's something I thought most pilots wanted, considering the last 7 years of cutbacks, furloughs, pension losses, etc. But maybe the membership of 60,000 really does want to hang it up at age 60.
Way to go APA.