Originally Posted by
CanWeGetTheLeft
OH MAN, I’ve been doing it ALL WRONG!
So you just tell them no every single time you get an FDP extension? That’s awesome. I’ve never met anyone here that has never accepted an extension, ever, even a 30 minute one. But you just say no? Every time? Since everyone should?
So cool.
Must be even cooler to have talked to every pilot on property about whether or not they’ve accepted an extension. Fatigued and hotel. They wanna build schedules that are 20 minutes shy of max FDP to begin they can deal with the consequences. Not my problem. The rules were written for a reason and science backs the fact that decision making deteriorates beyond those periods defined in 117. Maybe we wouldn’t have 5 leg 12 hour days if it started becoming a duty issue for crews. Mainline doesn’t take extensions. It’s regional bull****.