DUBAI – The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is probing Emirates’ management of pilot fatigue risk after a complaint was filed against the Dubai-based airline last year, UAE daily the National reported on Tuesday.
The airline said it is responding to an FAA request for details of its flight and duty times and fatigue management risk system over the complaint, which was filed through the regulator’s anonymous hotline, the newspaper reported.
Emirates’ statement follows a report in an Australian newspaper that its pilots are suffering from “micro-sleeps”, quoting a pilot complaint from a document in the U.S.
The statement comes as pilots protest across Europe over fatigue, warning planes will crash if flying hours are not cut.
Emirates has rejected claims made in Australia’s Sunday Herald that pilot fatigue is compromising safety.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates divisional senior vice president for commercial operations, on Sunday labeled the Herald report “one-sided†and defended the airline’s “absolute commitment to safetyâ€.
Source: business.maktoob.com
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