Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If we went to the same duty time rules as a truck driver your going to have to work the same number of days as a truckdriver to get your hours in. Do you really want to work 20 to 24 days a month? Have you ever driven a truck? Nod of for even a few seconds and you can be toast. Bit different in a aircraft where you have a copilot and there are not idiots driving all around you a few feet away.
Totally different jobs and situations without any valid comparison between the two.
Given the importance of DT as it relates to safety, I am very surprised by your response.
As frequent memos have been reminding us, the taxi phase is the most perilous. The different rules, frequent construction and taxi schemes employed at various airports make driving a truck comparatively easy.