Complaint: Overworked pilots?
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Old Oct 27, 2009, 7:33 AM
The_Judge The_Judge is offline
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I think we can now put the overworked theory to rest. A quick quote from a story on Yahoo.

"The pilots — Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., the first officer, and Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., the captain — said in interviews conducted over the weekend that they were not fatigued and didn't fall asleep, the board said in a statement."

This event is absolutely unforgivable as it put unknown amounts of people at risk and caused actions by other entities unnecessarily. I sincerely hope this act by these 2 pilots is not brushed aside by the airline and serves as an example to other pilots.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20...ight_overflown