Fatigue Issues News Today

The faa that watches this kind of occurrence. watches for this kind of occurrence. because what we do when we see problems like the one we had on the southwest jet this past week, is we say, are we inspecting these aircraft significantly enough? are we doing the nondestructive testing to be able to really tell us if we have fatigue issues in the metallurgy as the airplane goes through its normal day. >> so is the issue in the method of the maintenance taking place, the inspections? because if th...

Familiar with the track, that theyre attentive, theyre not fatigued or distracted and theyre not incapacitated. certainly the investigators will be looking to interview the engineer and if there was anyone else in that locomotive cab with him on this inaugural run, thats going to be really important to understand what was going on. >> i assume they look at his cell phone, make sure he wasnt texting. weve seen all these things in the past. they check blod alcohol level. is that one of the first p...