Capt. Prater Testifies on Pilot Fatigue at Senate Hearing

December 1, 2009 - ALPA’s president, Capt. John Prater, testified at a U.S. Senate hearing this morning in Washington, D.C., on the subject of pilot fatigue. This is the seventh time this year Prater has gone to Capitol Hill to represent line pilots’ point of view on vitally important aviation safety issues. Prater reiterated ALPA’s position that the new flight-time and duty-time (FTDT) rules and minimum rest requirements that FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt has promised by next year must (1) be based on science, (2) be uniform for all types of airline flight operations, with no “carveouts” for air cargo or charter operations, and (3) incorporate fatigue risk management systems (FRMS).
• Click here to view a photo slideshow of the hearing.
• Click here to read ALPA’s News Release.