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• FTL Press Releases: 
• New EU Pilot Fatigue Rules Jan 18, 2012
• US Pilot Fatigue Rules Published Dec 22, 2011
• EU Ministers – Make Passenger Safety Your Priority No.1: Pilots Demonstrate for Safe Science-based Fatigue Rules Jun 16, 2011
• Does Europe Need Dead Bodies to Act on Pilot Fatigue? Feb 11, 2011
• A Big Step for Aviation Safety – In the Wrong Direction – EU Agency Publishes Inadequate Pilot Fatigue Rules – Dec 20, 2010
• ECA Supports our Spanish Member in the Quest for Scientifically based Fatigue Protection for Pilots Dec 14, 2010
   

Press Conference statements, 16 June 2011

• Press Conference statement by ECA President, Nico Voorbach

Pilot Fatigue articles from ‘Cockpit News’

• Fatigue – Why Europe Can’t Afford to Sleep Feb 7, 2012
• Don’t be Afraid of the Spirits that You Summoned! Nov 2, 2011
• Safety, N° 1 Priority! Jun 21, 2011
• Flight Time Limitations: 3 Words – 50.000 Comments Apr 20, 2011
• ‘Most Wanted’: Preventing Fatigue in the Cockpit Feb 17, 2011
• Pilot Fatigue – 2011, a Crucial Year for Flight Safety Dec 14, 2010

Please find below the content of the press kit which was distributed on 16 June 2011 for the ECA Demonstration on Pilot Fatigue during the EU Ministers' Council Meeting.

• ECA Flyer
• ECA Leaflet - English Version
• ECA Leaflet - French Version
• Press Release
• Statement by ECA President Nico Voorbach
• Fact Sheet: Background
• Fact Sheet: Unsafe Schedules?
• Fact Sheet: EU vs. US
• Fact Sheet: The Airlines' Cost Argument
• Fact Sheet: What Science Says
• Fact Sheet: Pilot Fatigue Can Kill!

Media Coverage on 2011 Demonstration & 2009 Action Day:

• Luxembourg Demonstration, 16 June 2011 (Part I - Part II ) & related TV report
• European Action Day, 5 Oct. 2009

Photos:

• Luxembourg Demonstration, 16 June 2011
• European Action Day, 5 Oct. 2009