Overworked flight crew behind Flydubai crash?

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An accident involving a Flydubai plane was inevitable, a former Flydubai captain told RT on condition of anonymity.

He revealed that pilots are forced to work while exhausted, while saying he had been “worked to death” despite complaints.

Speaking to RT in Doha, the former pilot said Flydubai’s top management was aware of the issue, but had done nothing to resolve it. “When I was still at the company, one of the last things I told management is that there would be an accident because of pilot fatigue,” he said.

The reason for fatigue is simple – pilots are being repeatedly overworked and not given enough time to sleep between flights.

The whistleblower provided documents showing that pilots, junior pilots in particular, are being assigned multiple flight shifts in a row. He argued that the crew often does not have enough time for sleep readjustment.

"Everybody at the company has these dangerous shifts from day flight to night flight, and then back to a day flight, and then back to a night flight, and it has definitely been a big issue for a long time.”

The former captain added he was sure that sleep deprivation had contributed to the Flydubai flight FZ981 crash in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, which killed all 62 passengers and crew on board. (Russia Today)

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Top Cat Wednesday, 23 March 2016 10:45 AM

The opposite of Sri Lankan Air Lines?

nilud Wednesday, 23 March 2016 12:30 PM

Well I guess this ex pilot is in plot to tarnish Emirates and Fly daubai as carriers of this calibre would not easily play with lives in this way.This piece info deserves more credibility.

Ravi Wednesday, 23 March 2016 01:07 PM

this is not joke they talk about human trafficking human right but all develop countries and middle east this is what happen

Nethra Friday, 25 March 2016 09:50 AM

No shady argument ,make compulsory time limit of work and rest for all pilots,if the over work is proved.Don't play with human life.Go ahead,serve the best,my dear airlines.

Katie Monday, 28 March 2016 10:23 AM

SriLankan Airlines too is getting close to that if they don't watch out. 'Fatigue" is a cause for concern if not addressed at the correct time.

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