Originally Posted by
JustUnderPar
I would challenge anyone making these rules to go fly a two week trip with UPS and see if they feel the same way after they get home!...
That's exactly why the disappointment with our pilot 'leaders'. Those pilots signing that letter are guys who have flown alongside us on the line, and have directly dealt with fatigue at some point and the regulations that allow it to be more prevalent. Moreover, to sign a letter like that - which takes the liberty of speaking for the entire pilot group(s) (as birdstrike pointed out), without openly and directly letting said pilot group(s) know of the existence of the letter, seems unethical to me. Had we received the news of this letter being signed DIRECTLY from our Chief Pilot(s), we would be free to disagree on the content of the letter, but not its intent.