[QUOTE=Dizel8
Would ALPA be onboard for such a change or are we going to hear more hot air from Duane?
Sorry, but I doubt anything being proposed by jb or its pilots will be welcomed in Herndon, after all, we are the devil or at least purported to be [/QUOTE]
Are you so cowed by what ALPA says or thinks?? If you have a better way (referring to Dom flight/duty limits) than by all means put it out here. Who cares what ALPA thinks. I can't locate the proposal that JB suggested that would allow greater than 8 in 24. Could you publish what ever you have regarding this issue??
[QUOTE=Dizel8
Duane has been talking about how the FARs regarding rest and duty needs to be changed, but as an organization, ALPA has yet to really put their foot down on this issue.
I am not a proponent of the transcons turns, however, as someone else said, it probably is much safer than the pairings the current FARs allows. [/QUOTE]
May be true, ALPA's position on the last proposal from the ATA was negative. But than it didn't offer much beyond increasing the 8 in the 24. I would like a fair hearing on the JAR reg regarding dom duty. I can't find it and only have a post from another poster on this forum out lining the rule.
Since most pax carrier pilots are flying hard time (domestically) than I would expect anything that
reasonably allows more flying in a single duty period would be looked on favorably. That said, the (length of) duty day needs to take into account many variables that currently ain't considered.
Let's put some fresh air on this issue!!
