Originally Posted by
index
Really? That was a serious question? Petitioning the FAA to have us placed in a monitored, isolated facility prior to report? Sounds pretty sarcastic to me.
I agree that was a bit of an extreme scenario.
Originally Posted by
index
You're being a bit overdramatic waiving your "how dare you question my integrity" flag about all of this. You may be the one guy out there that's never flown sick or tired. Good for you. I think most of us have done both at one time or another, sometimes at the same time.
You are completely mischaracterizing 88Driver's statements. His point, if I understand it correctly, is that when you have rules in place (like CDOs) that are inherently unsafe, it places pilots in a very bad place.
And he was also a bit overdramatic when he characterizing some, most, or all pilots as those who would not do what it takes to be ready to fly when they're assigned to do so. Rules like CDO's, if properly limited, are not inherently unsafe, unless you assume that pilots' actions beforehand will inevitably make them so. If that is the case, we need to go after commuters because some number of them will not report for duty properly rested. And we need to eliminate early reports in base because some local pilots won't go to bed early like they should.
Where does it end?