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Old 05-18-2014 | 05:36 PM
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EdGrimley
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Originally Posted by DelDah Capt
...as everyone has said, the details are important to see before I'd give a YES, but I'm not willing to declare Split Duty unsafe when we do so many other types of 'wee hour' flying safely. Because we have several posters here who seem to flip-flop on the safety issue with the following reasoning :

A) Split Duty Ops that infringe on WOCL are completely and utterly unsafe.


B) International flying that infringes on the WOCL is safe because
.1 We've always done it
.2 Marketing needs it
.3 ER pilots will be more responsible than narrowbody pilots and get more sleep.
I think you are choosing to ignore what is truly being said. Again, let's fix those areas that currently are unsafe/fatiguing rather than using them as an excuse to heap more fatiguing flying into the system and having guys fly them not by choice.