Originally Posted by
404yxl
You didn't answer my question on how we should regulate pilots that are not fit for duty under the FDP limit.
Look, pilots aren't babies. It's their responsibility to not fly if they are not fit for duty. The reserve limits are too long in my opinion, but that doesn't mean the pilot is let off the hook for signing the fit for duty statement when they aren't.
Pilots complain about long duty days on reserve and how unfit for duty they are, yet they sign the release that they are fit for duty. And they are not to blame for part of that?
How do you regulate a person's honesty? By using hard limits, that answers your question. The company is free to use a reserve pilot for 18 hours on reserve, they then throw the ball in the pilot's court whether he is fit for duty. Your answer to this problem, is to not sign the release, and file ASAP's. What does that accomplish, the company is well within its legal rights.