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But doesn’t it make you wonder, why do we have less fatigue calls than any other airline, especially considering our system form? Some need to be empowered and those that don’t will be better off for it anyway, not to mention that 16 hour duty extensions become extinct.
Is it possible we have fewer fatigue calls because we typically block far less than our pax buddies? And many of our longer duty days do afford a little rest in a sleep room? And we don’t get tired between flights dealing with passengers. Our week on week off schedules allow a good deal of time off to rest before our next commute back to work so we can show up ready for a week of work. I suspect more sick and fatigue calls will come if 117 turns our schedules into Southwest schedules.
Just because we don’t call in fatigued as much yet fly a lot at night doesn’t mean we are all spineless lap dogs of management.