Re: Husband and Wife Airline Teams

Ashleigh Merritt (a.merritt_at_mail.utexas.edu)
Mon, 08 Sep 1997 10:57:58 -0500

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>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>Does anyone know of any research done on husband and wife teams in the
>>cockpit? I know of two couples who have or continue to fly together. Should
>>this be banned? Is it unsafe?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Brett Gebers
>>
>>
>Have you ever heard of a husband and wife team being in a crash? That's
>because there hasn't been any. There aren't enough of them that actually
>fly together to do research on either.
>
>Don T.

Why is the assumption negative? (Am I the only one out there who is happily
married??) Might not a couple fly together BETTER than strangers?
Just a thought

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Ashleigh Merritt, Ph.D.,
University of Texas Aerospace Crew Research Project
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