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Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:17 AM

Published 10/28/2009 by France24


AVIATION: Rift at Air France over safety standards

Five months after the crash of a Rio-Paris flight, tension is mounting at Air France as safety procedures come under increasing scrutiny, putting added pressure on pilots and creating an atmosphere of mistrust.

Reuters - Air France managers have sent a letter to the airline's pilots...

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"The simple application of procedure would have meant these events could have been avoided. We do not need to modify procedures or create new ones" they said in the letter...
AVIATION: Rift at Air France over safety standards [France24 - 10/28/2009]

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