Originally Posted by
ewr756drive
I have seen it personally both ways...
I can tell you from experience that having a rested IRO during landing has been more beneficial than having a rested CA/FO pair.
I have caught so many errors as a rested/attentive IRO than I ever caught because I had 30-45 extra mins rest on break as a flying pilot!
I have had more errors slip through the cracks when a IRO blew off monitoring.
We MUST have rested flight crew no doubt. But at the expense of a watchful eye behind us...No WAY!
Here is an idea...let's let the crew decide and not make the FAA dictate who and when you are tired!
Caught many errors huh? Probably from tired and unrested CA and FO.
Reminds me of a golf story:
Duffer was bragging to his caddy that normally carried for one of the scratch players in the club. The duffer was in a fairway trap. He banged it out of the trap and 150 yds onto the green with about a 10 foot put.
He said to the caddy he was trying to impress " bet you never saw your guy hit one of the trap like that"!
The caddy replied, " No sir, it's true I never have. In fact I've never seen him in that trap at all"
