New Pilot Fatigue Rules Just recently released, the new FAA pilot fatigue rules for flight and duty time seemed like a landmark effort in the quest to improve flight safety. The rule change was instigated by the 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash near Buffalo New York which killed 50 people. Many of the pilot [...]

Topic of the Week: ANA Brings the 787 to the US – >> The Cranky Flier http://crankyflier.com/2011/12/23/topic-of-the-week-ana-brings-the-787-to-the-us/ ANA has announced that it will start flying the 787 to the US. First market are Seattle and San Jose. Is that a surprise to you? My guess is that United will pull its Seattle to Tokyo flight, [...]