Originally Posted by
tizzizzailslf04
No...he's right. You need only look at things like the different rest rules between 121, cargo, and 135 to see that many of the decisions that the FAA makes aren't in the interest of safety. If an 8 hour overnight isn't safe for a 121 pilot, why is it all of a sudden safe for a 135 pilot?
While you (and I) may disagree and feel somethings amiss, the rules did not happen in vacume and in some simple arbitrary sort of way. So before you start to pick on the individual regs, like rest, please investigate the whys. Rest, body cycles, time zones, and such are huge areas of study these days.
There’s also differences between freight and pax operations, did you ask yourself why and whose safety is being protected?
Just so you know, when I started in this business part 121 had basically minimum rest requirements. Even after jumping 4 time zones and flying behind the clock 8 hours block to block was it. Only our ALPA contract made it more livable.
There history and it’s marked with graves, behind much of what you read and the safety of the pilot is not always what is at stake.