Monday marked the first day of the newly revised FAA policy allows pilots who take antidepressants legally fly in the sky. Our know and tired the driver constantly from their long hours and constant interruptions of their sleep cycles because of time zone changes are highlighted. Some of these drivers now add the effects of antidepressant drugs to the list of factors that limit their ability to respond to unforeseen challenges affect the flight. If the new policy is a growing number of human error Disaster

Greg Griffin caused in an article in the Denver Post says, human error factors cited as the main problem in 74 aviation safety incidents the Register of Denver International Airport reported since 2005, according to a NASA database volunteers. anonymous reports from pilots and other “A joint report by the FAA and the aviation industry, that” loss of control accidents – was unable to recover, including the crew of an unforeseen event such as an engine failure or a stand – for 42 percent of fatalities in commercial aviation recognized worldwide between 1999 2008, more than any other cause. “Human factors such as sleep deprivation , mental distraction, planning and training are all factors. The United Kingdom Civil Aviation last year that” teams have been the major cause worldwide, two thirds of fatal accidents and commercial aircraft business of 1997 to 2006. “Our own FAA found in a study in 2006 that” in 1990 and 2002, 45 percent of major airline crashes in the United States and 75 percent of accidents in the suburbs-holder with .”

February 2009 crash of Colgan Air flight to Buffalo, NY 3407, killing 50 people, was due to pay , and training. NTSB Most officials attributed the lack of lack of adequate training simulator. adequate training simulator also a factor in the 2001 crash of American Airlines A300-600, which killed 265 people. A

October 2009 Delta Airlines with 182 passengers landed safely on a plane runway at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport. The FAA is still investigating the case if fatigue ten hour flight and distraction of a medical emergency on board would have caused serious mistake.

Northwest Airlines A320 incident track passed in October 2009 in Minneapolis-Saint Paul International has been attributed to distraction, but has stayed on board also suggested said. The pilot and co-pilot, they were busy on their laptops, but air traffic controllers have failed, the plane contact for one hour and 18 minutes. The aircraft was a risk that the fighter planes, was shot to sent on one

possible high jacking.

With all these statistics to conclude that most airplane crashes to human error caused , it seems incomprehensible that the FAA side effects of antidepressants to add the growing problems of the already tired , the stress and sleep deprivation . The dangerous side effects of antidepressants requirements are well documented. risk, those on the label of Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa and Lexapro enough to the fears of passengers feed the most convincing. change Randy Babbitt, FAA administrator responsible for the reversal of policies in force for over 70 years, decided to “change culture” and a new view is more tolerant of people who are affected by depression on Public Safety He is charged with protecting. How many lives lost future disasters are required before returning to the established policy


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