Originally Posted by
N1sync
People... please contact your union reps and demand the union work with the FAA to force the company to repeal their new questionable FDP policy and remove E.G. from his position of authority. The company now expects us to accept any FDP extension necessary and has stated a refusal of the extension is now considered a fatigue event. This was never the intent of part 117 and should not be allowed to stand.. don't let our snake of a flight ops VP and his chronies intimidate and manipulate us. Please remember the FDP extension is your prerogative and only yours, do not be scared of our cowardly management.
The FAA has long since stated this is acceptable policy. At my previous airline (ZW) we fought this long and hard only to have the FAA side with the airline. What it boils down too is a pay issue. If we were paid for fatigue calls we probably wouldn't be having this conversation.