By Allan Chernoff, CNN

(CNN) – January 16. Ambulances meet US Airways Flight 1041 arriving in Charlotte from St. Thomas. Eight passengers receive medical treatment at the airport. Seven crew members are rushed to the hospital.

"Headaches, confusion, some disorientation, dizziness, nausea. These are some of the symptoms that they've described," says Judith Murawski, the Association of Flight Attendants' industrial hygienist.

All seven crew members of Flight 1041 – two pilots and five flight attendants – were unable to work after the January 16th "fume event." One flight attendant has since returned to the air, while the other crew members remain out on disability. None would speak directly with CNN for fear of losing their jobs.

"They continue to experience neurological symptoms, that impair their daily living and have precluded them from returning to flying," says Murawski, citing complaints of continuing headaches, joint pain, tingling and numbness in their hands and feet, as well as memory and reaction time issues.

The crew of Flight 1041 fell victim to a "fume event," the third time in three weeks that the aircraft, a Boeing 767-2B7, tail number 251, suffered contamination of its cabin air.

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(CNN) – There have been a number of eyebrow raising events involving air traffic controllers and pilots in the last year.

The most recent, an air traffic controller let his two kids direct planes at New York City's JFK. That air traffic controller and his supervisor have been suspended with pay while the FAA completes its investigation.

So what's going on here?

For reaction, on Friday's American Morning we spoke with Bob Richards, a retired air traffic controller, and Captain Jack Casey, a former airline pilot.

Read more: Controller blasted over 'kids' incident

Investigators sketched out a terrifying scene at a hearing on last year's deadly plane crash near Buffalo, New York.

A combination of inattention, confusion and incompetence caused a plane with 49 people on board to literally fall from the sky. And now we're learning the airline that operated that flight may not be doing everything it can to make sure pilots are on top of their games.

Our Allan Chernoff has been following this story for over a year and has the latest.

Read more: Pilot error caused 2009 crash near Buffalo, NTSB rules

The NTSB ruled Tuesday that the pilot of Continental Flight 3407 pulled on the plane's control column when he should have pushed – leading to the deadly plane crash near Buffalo that killed 49 people on board and one on the ground.

A year later, federal officials have also ruled that mistakes made by the Continental flight's first officer and inadequate training by its regional carrier contributed to the crash.

To discuss airline safety we were joined on Wednesday's American Morning by Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board; and Michael Goldfarb, former chief of staff for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Read more: Pilot error caused 2009 crash near Buffalo, NTSB rules

By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN

Washington (CNN) - A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images.

The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said.

In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must have the ability to store and send images when in "test mode."

That requirement leaves open the possibility the machines - which can see beneath people's clothing - can be abused by TSA insiders and hacked by outsiders, said EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.

EPIC, a public-interest group focused on privacy and civil rights, obtained the technical specifications and vendor contracts through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

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