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Old 05-04-2008 | 09:08 AM
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jtf560
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At NJA we are above all else SAFETY FIRST. ACPs will sometimes try to push on a ferry leg, but if there is any real issue the pilots win every time. The people we fly are mostly pretty smart to have gotten to the position they are in to spend a crazy amount to fly and once we explain why something isn't safe, I've never been questioned or pushed. Safety is stressed in the promotional materials also and honestly, business would go way down if we pushed safety and ended up killing someone famous. Also if you are tired you just call in fatigued whenever you don't feel safe to continue. They have to give you at least 14 hours off and the most they can do is ask for a report as to why you were fatigued. They are contractually obligated to not punish pilots for fatigue calls, but I'm sure the crummy show times for standby duty that sometimes follow are not all for operational necessity.
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