Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
/Rant
Lots of folks worked very hard to rationalize duty times compared to the old rules. In the good (bad) old days UAL had better contractual duty limits compared to the old FARs. Today, the UPA matches 117.
Simply ALWAYS saying yes is essentially the elimination of those improved FARs, making the whole point of the improvements, well, pointless. The extension is supposed to be the exception, not the expectation.
If the airline does not have enough pilots to fly the schedule that's a management problem, not a pilot problem.
Agreed. I in no way advocate for "always" anything. In fact, I've had to call in fatigued on a day where we didn't even need to extend. I just think that we should judge it, professionally, in a case by case basis based on how we're feeling.
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