3,2,1 some pilot from AA will say "Our Fatigue lady is Great, she's the best in the Biz We stole her from Easy Jet"
If she is the best then why:
5 years ago I asked her why the turn after Quito Ecuador (Quito is 9,400' MSL
You do not sleep well there, hit or miss and then you do a turn after.
I asked her if she'd ever been? Blank stare.
1 year later same thing. Same turn
2 years later, same thing, Quito both overnights still have a turn upon return to MIA.
3 year later same thing.
This January 2013, I'm on the 777 I call her to complain about a Rocket GRU trip. I hate it, I also leave a lengthy message about Quito still having a turn.
No response.
When the new Quito airport opened in May, they got rid of the turns after RON.
Some say she got BOG as an all nighter turn form the 737 to 757 with an FB (IO-extra co-pilot)
Some will say she got GYE as an all nighter turn 767 with an FB. But the fact is they needed the 767 for Barcelona.
She has done very little.
We do have a pretty good fatigue program, but this lady has done very little.
Pilots understand fatigue, not some lady whose never flown an airplane or even been to a high altitude city.
At Quito Ecuador on the 19th floor of the Hilton Colon Hotel, I'm pretty sure you might be 10,000' msl. How would you sleep?