1. Barnidge said he had the same concern about pilot fatigue, and that he immediately asked every pilot returning from Yugoslavia about it. 2. A key factor in many small-plane crashes is pilot fatigue, Barr said, so investigators will try to reconstruct his final days. 3. Burnett said pilot fatigue could have figured in the decision to land rather than divert to another airport. 4. Burnett also said pilot fatigue could have played a role in the decision to land rather than divert to another airport. 5. Pilot fatigue and weather are expected to be major contributing factors. 6. The National Transportation Safety Board has not finished its report on the accident, but it is investigating whether pilot fatigue played a role. 7. The NTSB report and the questions surrounding the Little Rock crash have reopened the debate on pilot fatigue. 8. Union officials accused participants of failing to devote enough attention to the issue of pilot fatigue. 9. Two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the agency rewrite its rules and address pilot fatigue. 10. Pilot fatigue was later found to be a contributing factor in that incident. |