Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Commuting fatigue should be easily fixed--all of the records are there, just have every pilot's commuting ticket checked that he/she was in the domicile 10 hours prior to report time. You can live anywhere you want, just have 10 hours of rest prior to report. The Colgan crash shows how commuting is a real fatigue problem. No other business would allow some of the commuting nonsense.
GF
And what if you drove? Or just had a lousy nights sleep? Or sat in a traffic jam for 3 hours? The problem isn't pilot commuting, there will never be a full proof system. The true problem is the airlines abusing the system, extracting every possible loophole in the FAR's.
The problem with the Colgan crash was a combination of poor piloting and judgement from the crew and with Colgan/Pinnacle hiring pilots with a bare minimum resume for the love of money. Compounded with the fact that were routinely pushing crews to the maximum limits of the FAR's.