Survey Raises Concerns Over European Airline Pilots’ In-Flight Conduct

A recent survey has raised concerns about flight safety after reporting that a large number of pilots at European airlines engage in dangerous behaviour during flights.

The brief account of the findings did not identify the behaviour in question or explain the circumstances in which it occurs.

It also provided no figures for the number of pilots involved, details of the airlines covered or information about how the survey was conducted. Those omissions make it difficult to assess the scale of the reported problem.

The findings draw attention to cockpit conduct, but more detail is needed to establish what the survey shows and what implications it may have for passenger safety.