Safety Issues Prompt Boycott By Many Navy Instructor Pilots

Scores of U.S. Navy instructor pilots are reportedly refusing to fly until an urgent problem with the oxygen system on the T-45 trainer is addressed, reports Fox News, cited reports from a number of pilots.

The boycott by more than 100 pilots began late last week and has effectively grounded hundreds of training flights.

Over the last five years, physiological problems attributed to the oxygen system on the T-45 have nearly quadrupled, according to testimony on Capitol Hill...