Originally Posted by AwkwardTurtle

Your math doesn’t check out.

Cargo pilots report at 530pm west coast or 830pm east coast. They got 15 hours of rest before that.

Pax pilots report at 9pm West Coast, (east coast is impossible) with a minimum of 14 hours of rest, possibly more since they arrived the day before.

Cargo pilots brief 1.0, fly 2.5, nap 2.0, brief 1.0, fly 2.5 and land east coast 530am. (230PST)

Pax pilots brief 1.0, fly 6.0 land east coast 7am. (4AM PST)

Crappiest time to be awake has got to be 2am to 5am. With cargo pilots taking a nap thru the majority of it, while pax pilots fly thru it. Both types of pilots get decent rest before, if not identical.




I think you’re mixing up the day flyers that are departing the airport at 5-6am with the guys are already sleeping in their hotel rooms before the pax redeyes even started their descent. As proven in the above rough calculations.



You think cargo pilots get only 8 hours behind the door? Explain that logic. Once again, use the above calculations, arrive at 4-5am, 8 hours would be a 12-1pm departure? And passenger pilots are the only ones allowed to refuse trips?

Sounds like you’re just digging for excuses to defend your decision more than using facts.

No offense.