Yes, Pilot Fatigue Is As Scary As it Sounds

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InsideHook

By Lindsay Rogers This week, in an open letter to Southwest CEO Robert Jordan, union officials alleged that pilots are suffering from extreme fatigue as a result of poor scheduling practices, per a report from ABC News. According to the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, the number of pilots asking to be relinquished from various flight assignments due to fatigue spiked a staggering 330% in March, when compared with the same month in pre-pandemic years. It’s an issue that is said to have taken hold last summer, but has gotten exponentially worse with the uptick in travel demand in conjunct…