WASHINGTON – Airline pilots spend nearly all their time monitoring automated cockpit systems rather than “hand-flying” planes, but their brains aren’t wired to continually pay close attention to instruments that rarely fail or show discrepancies.
As a result, pilots may see but not register signs of trouble, a problem that is showing up repeatedly in accidents and may have been a factor in the recent crash landing of a South Korean airliner in San Francisco, industry and government experts say.
Read the complete story at the Associated Press.
Related News
- From Skeptic to Supporter: Members Work Across the Aisle to Tackle Rail Safety
- Two Training Tracks Are FULL for Upcoming Atlanta Regional Meeting
- How Does a Government Shutdown Impact the Offices Members Rely On?
- The Truth From Within: General Chairpersons From CSX Statement on Departure of CEO Joe Hinrichs
- Update on National Rail Contract –Make Sure You Get Your Ballot
- Two RRB Field Offices Move to New Locations
- Reactions to the SMART-TD Guarantee with Union Pacific
- SMART-TD Members: Scholarships Available for You and Your Families
- President Ferguson Meets with SMART-TD Members at 3rd Annual Carolina Solidarity Shoot
- SMART-TD and Union Pacific Announce Landmark Agreement Securing Jobs and the Future of Railroading