Airline Pilots Association

Airline Pilots Association International, 1978, Human Factors Report on the Tenerife Accident, March 27, 1977," Washington, D.C. 

Edwards, E. 1972. Man and machine Systems for safety. Proc of British Airline Pilots Associations Technical Symposium, British Airline Pilots Associations, Eondon. 

The pilot operates in a highly complex environment, particularly in single pilot operations. Contemporary commercial airline practice and the tenets of air law attribute to the pilot of an aircraft absolute responsibility for the safe operation of his aircraft. This responsibility can be carried out only if the pilot is not negligent or if he enjoys basic health as required by applicable regulations. The Airline Pilots Association International (ALPA) has a code of ethics for airline pilots which... 

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents nearly 53,000 pilots at 38 airlines of the United States and Canada. ALPA was founded in 1931, and the Association is chartered by the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress. Known internationally as US-ALPA, it is a member of the International Federation of Air Line Pilot Associations (IFALPA). 

Systematic failures have nothing to do with random component failures (although they should eliminate or reduce the hazardous effects of a single random failure) and are often associated with humans (humans, after all design the processes). The world s most sophisticated machines, designed with the highest safety goals in mind, jet airliners, still crash as a result of pilot error. 

Hoyte, Captain Hoyte s Account, www.aerotoxic.org/articles 20071114. Also, Toxic Free Airlines,(TFA) Poisoned Pilots Launch Campaign at Parliamentary Meeting The Aerotoxic Association and Toxic Free Airlines to Expose Massive Public Health Scandal and Support Victims, www.toxicfreeairlines.com. 

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