01/13/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"You wouldn't ask a brain surgeon to go--to take care of your need if he was up 8 hours doing surgery someplace else."
"And I would ask you this. Might we be looking at something more than just the fatigue factor?"
"The last thing a traveling family wants to worry about is a sleepy pilot. It's an invitation to disaster."
"Too much is demanded of our pilots. Too many hours on too little sleep, and operating complex machines with peoples' lives in their hands."