IATA says lack of pilot competence is biggest safety problem
Lack of pilot competence is the biggest single category of flightcrew error in airline accidents, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Figures in an IATA working paper on airline safety in 1996 show that "proficiency failure" has grown massively in recent years.
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