Originally Posted by Adlerdriver

I'm not saying the current FARs are suitable. Fortunately, I work for a company that at least has acknowledged that via a reasonable contract with duty limits that don't use the FARs as a max. We don't have unlimited duty days. We can call in fatigued if we need to.

Fedex ALPA is hopefully representing our pilots and our interests. If they're going to put a stake in the ground and fight to make these new duty rules apply to our pilots, then it needs to benefit us.

If you're working 20-36 hour duty days, then you don't work for Fedex. I'm sorry you're dealing with that because we are not super human. It's probably difficult to call fatigued without fear of repercussions. You're in a bad situation. You can call me selfish, because that's what I am in this situation. I have a pretty good contract and pretty good QOL and work rules. If implementing these FARs is going to ultimately result in reducing my QOL and forcing work rule changes I don't want, then I don't want the new FARs. I don't want my union putting whatever horsepower they have behind a misguided effort to change something that might not actually result in an improvement for our pilots.

I don't know the answer to that question, hence my call for a little restraint in pushing for these FARs without some analysis.