Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I won't go that far. Some people legitimately do like them, and there can be a niche for them if appropriately restricted. I really don't like the 30 hour layovers and the upturn of sleep cycle involved in converting to the early early morning with a very long day at the end of the 30 hours.
I know some people like them. It gives the time at home during the day to do whatever they want/need and then they get their sleep during the CDO. I don't care how many people like them... it still doesn't make them safe!
And okay, I'll buy (to an extent) the argument that we already do other types of flying that mess with our sleep cycles. I'm with you on the 30 hour layovers and converting a late night cycle to an early morning cycle. I don't like that either but it's a lot more doable than trying to exist on 3 or 4 hours of sleep on a CDO or series of CDO's. We already have trips at Delta that provide challenges to getting proper rest. Let's not add more trips that are even worse. CDO's are worse. Why are we selling out safety?
