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Tigerair disciplines 3 pilots for sleeping during flights

The China Post
Date: May 22, 2017
By: CNA

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Tigerair Taiwan, a budget airline, confirmed Monday that it has disciplined three pilots for sleeping during flights.

Tigerair said one of the three pilots is a foreign national, while the other two are Taiwanese. An executive of the management department was also reprimanded.

The company started an internal investigation after a co-pilot alleged he had seen eight pilots asleep during flights in a letter to a local newspaper.

The co-pilot, revealed that over a one year period he had taken pictures of the pilots sleeping during flights.    [FULL  STORY]

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