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JetBlue’s Pilots are wired

Posted in News, SoapBox by Dan at 11:18 am
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At the expense of your safety. First JetBlue voluntarily gives the government private passenger data to test the controversial CAPPS system. Now they are experimenting with their pilots, you the expense of your safety.

Last year, JetBlue conducted experiments on some pilots by bending the rules (with local FAA consent, later recanted). They had their pilots hooked up to monitoring devices and then had them fly 10 to 11 hours a day, more than the legal 8 hours. Passengers were never informed that they were guinea pigs or co-test-pilots.

This is a VERY scary thought that the government signed off on this test, and never alerting the passengers that such a test was going on. Also, makes you question the integrity of JetBlue as a company and airline.

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