Originally Posted by
biigD
Yeah, it was illegal then too. Nobody cared. The operators knew it, the pilots knew it, and as long as the duty logs were filled out 'correctly', so did the POIs. It's like that scale that sits unused in the baggage compartment for weighing luggage.
You're right that it won't happen if the pilots won't allow it, but in today's world that's exactly what I'm worried about.
The biggest problem with this scenario is not that everyone turns a blind eye, it’s that the POIs don’t care or more often I fear, don’t know. Doesn’t take much to become an ASI, and someone who has never flown in the type of operation can come in and start making changes to an operator no matter how that effects them.
My first job was with an operator that believed they could change our start time after the fact. All it took was one pilot in good standing to step up and say they wouldn’t do it to get the policy changed.