Safety and health experience of pilots and flight attendants.

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: April 1, 1992| Author: Reardon, Jack | Copyright information

Air transportation workers have a comparatively high rate of disabling injuries and illnesses; pilots and flight attendants commonly sustain serious sprains and strains

Since passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, economists and public policy officials have been debating its effects.' The debate has been confined to the effects of deregulation on industry concentration, productivity, pricing, and passenger safety. Several studies have been conducted regarding labor-man...

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