Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
No one can ever "force" a fatigued pilot to fly. And no pilot, by law, may fly a flight they don't feel they are fit to fly.
In theory you are correct, but we all know in practice it is a bit more gray.
I agree that if it the proposals have a negative impact on safety we should turn it down outright, but Probe asked, "
I cannot, for the life of me, understand why we would want to make it difficult and expensive to operate our most profitable airplanes, on routes a lot of pilots dream of flying (not me, I hate long haul)."
My #1 answer was SAFETY! I am glad you agree.