'Sleeping' go! Pilots Fired

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go! pilots on errant flight fired, face FAA action
Sanctions could range from warning to license revocation, official says


By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

Two pilots suspected of falling asleep on a flight from Honolulu to Hilo in February were fired last week by go! airlines and also may face Federal Aviation Administration sanctions.
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Paul Skellon, vice president of corporate communications for Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group, go!'s parent company, issued a statement yesterday confirming the firing.

"After a thorough internal investigation into the incident on Feb. 13 in which go! Flight 1002 overflew the airport at Hilo, Mesa has terminated the employment of both pilots involved," Skellon said by telephone from Phoenix. [Full Article]

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