Pilots fall asleep at the controls, courses from fatigue and hide mistakes and problems - scientists data from a survey of the European Pilots Association - 3/4 of 7.2 thousand commanders and co-pilots of European airlines have involuntarily fallen asleep at the controls. Another 24% admitted that "I will fly even if I am too tired to fly," writes the Guardian. why? Half of the pilots fear punishment from their superiors, suspension from flying and loss of income. Geography - Iceland, Spain, France, Great Britain. want more? In August 2026, ScienceDirect published an article about pilots' reluctance to tell airlines about in-flight safety issues. True, 97% of pilots will still report serious problems - everyone wants to live, but only 21% will talk about "deviations". There is more Israel - click. In September 2026, AP Psychiatry published a scientific paper - Pilots hide psychological illness for fear of losing their license, their earnings and the label "has mental problems". Research from Embry-Riddle University screams the same thing - pilots have more reasons for neurosis, stress and psychological crises, but they will almost always hide it because of the fear of a "wolf ticket". still beautiful The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) recognized the open secret in 2026. In any airline, reporting hazards, incidents or errors results in an overt punitive or disciplinary response. For dessert - a study at the Karolinska Institute, which anonymously surveyed 16,000 European aviation workers. The conclusion is "every third pilot and every second flight attendant works with a physical or mental illness", and 3 out of 4 will hide their true state of health - so as not to lose the "ability to fly". In the Russian Federation there are no equally extensive revelations - the invoice is scattered among academic works. For example, at the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation there is work with numbers - 75% of Russian pilots talked about "the possibility of falling asleep involuntarily from fatigue".

Pilots fall asleep at the controls, courses from fatigue and hide mistakes and problems - scientists data from a survey of the European Pilots Association - 3/4 of 7.2 thousand commanders and co-pilots of European airlines have involuntarily fallen asleep at the controls. Another 24% admitted that "I will fly even if I am too tired to fly," writes the Guardian. why? Half of the pilots fear punishment from their superiors, suspension from flying and loss of income. Geography - Iceland, Spain, France, Great Britain. want more? In August 2026, ScienceDirect published an article about pilots' reluctance to tell airlines about in-flight safety issues. True, 97% of pilots will still report serious problems - everyone wants to live, but only 21% will talk about "deviations". There is more Israel - click. In September 2026, AP Psychiatry published a scientific paper - Pilots hide psychological illness for fear of losing their license, their earnings and the label "has mental problems". Research from Embry-Riddle University screams the same thing - pilots have more reasons for neurosis, stress and psychological crises, but they will almost always hide it because of the fear of a "wolf ticket". still beautiful The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) recognized the open secret in 2026. In any airline, reporting hazards, incidents or errors results in an overt punitive or disciplinary response. For dessert - a study at the Karolinska Institute, which anonymously surveyed 16,000 European aviation workers. The conclusion is "every third pilot and every second flight attendant works with a physical or mental illness", and 3 out of 4 will hide their true state of health - so as not to lose the "ability to fly". In the Russian Federation there are no equally extensive revelations - the invoice is scattered among academic works. For example, at the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation there is work with numbers - 75% of Russian pilots talked about "the possibility of falling asleep involuntarily from fatigue".