Originally Posted by
3 green
Will never happen. The vast majority of pilots extend their duty day, and are glad to do it. I do not see that changing. I've personally seen on a few occasions where the pilot I was flying with extended and I did not. Both times the other pilot said it's too much paperwork and talking on the phone. Crew tracking, duty pilot, chief pilot calls, and FCR must be submitted. The intimidation factor is too high for most.
The longer it takes, the longer I'm on duty, the longer rest period I will require to recover from said duty period. It's just that simple... But to the FCR part that actually is part of 117 (117.7 B 3,4,5). Though I will say delta takes it to the extreme. And once again definitely the worst airline as far as 117 is concerned that I have worked for. It's amazing that both a regional and an ULCC has better a better 117 policy then delta; but seeing how far behind they are in the I.T. department its it's not that suprising.