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Three in four European pilots report cockpit microsleeps, survey finds
October 26, 2026 at 01:33 PM
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رابطة الطيارين الأوروبية: 3 من كل 4 طيارين تعرضوا لنوبات نوم خاطفة أثناء الطيران
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Almost a quarter of European airline pilots fly when too fatigued to work
(opens the publisher’s site)A European Cockpit Association survey of nearly 7,200 captains and first officers has found high levels of fatigue-related behaviour among European airline pilots.
- In the August survey, three-quarters of pilots reported at least one microsleep while operating an aircraft in the previous four weeks.
- 24% said they usually continue flying despite being too fatigued to work, while 16.8% said they instead report sick.
- Half of pilots said they operated a flight in the prior three months when they believed they should have declared themselves unfit.
- ECA president Tanja Harter urged the EU Aviation Safety Agency and airlines to take responsibility for fatigue risks, saying further inaction is "not an option."