Go! Airlines Fires ‘Sleeping Pilots’

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.28.08 | 11:01 AM ET

The two go! airlines pilots suspected of sleeping on the job have been fired. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, the Federal Aviation Administration may also sanction the pilots.

Related on World Hum:
* ‘Sleeping Pilots’ Air Traffic Control Tapes Aired

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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