The rules need to be re-written. ALPA has made some noise to that effect, but it doesn't seem to be too high up on their list. I'm sure if they made an all-out assault on duty regs, they could get congress to do it (like age 65).

I'd like to see some reality applied in these areas...

- Circadian rythm. No flip-flops without a LONG break, 24 hours+.

- Cruise Flight time is not any harder than duty time spen sitting in a terminal, crew room, or coach seat. Get rid of flight time limits and go with a duty time limit.

- Prepping the aircraft, taxi, T/O, and Landing are where the work is...reduce the max duty day by one hour for each additional leg.

- Turboprops on the same program as everybody else.


Something like this:

Max duty: 13 hours/ 2 legs SCHEDULED. This would barley allow transcon turns (you could exceed 13 hours for unplanned delays of course). If you don't want transcon turns, make it 12 hours.

A four leg day would be limited to 11 hours, a 6 leg day to 9 hours. It would be effectively impossible to do anything more than 5-6 legs.

Just some ideas.