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April 25, 2008

UPDATE: Suspected sleeping pilots fired (but maybe it wasn’t ALL their fault)

Filed under: Pilots — anne @ 8:28 am

Remember that incident back in February, when 2 “go! airlines” pilots flew past the airport in Hilo, Hawaii? Yeah, they sort of missed their runway — by about 15 miles.

And people were sort of wondering — were they napping?

Well, they’ve been axed. But here’s the deal: “go! airline’s” parent company, Mesa Air Group, has had its share of complaints by pilots that they are overworked and exhausted.

That ain’t right. On the other hand, the only person I want to see sleeping on a plane is me.

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