Originally Posted by
shiznit
Not directed solely at you, but you're the most recent poster on the subject...
Hmmm, so we should immediately ground a large portion of the FDX and UPS flying? I mean who can fly more than one leg per night?
/sarcasm/
FAR 117 is a science based set of rule changes that had half of the ARC members from airline pilot labor groups, unless I read it incorrectly...
Again... Let us all please just wait and see what the document contains before going off and passing judgment on something we have not evaluated.
Yes, FAR 117 is science based which is why it contains the requirement to have a minimum 10 hour rest, including the opportunity to get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Do you think the pilots are sleeping 8 hours during the day and then flying the CDO?
Just because it's "legal" (surely, you have to agree this is a loophole... a way of getting around the FAR) doesn't mean it's safe.