Originally Posted by
DeltaboundRedux
This is NOT a hostile question.
What is "mid-senior"?
(I've commuted in the past because circumstances demanded it. Sometimes irresponsibly. Not for the backup, but for the "adequately rested" part.)
The Colgan Air crash that principiated the Part 117 rules didn't go far enough, IMHO. Being able to document 12 hours of non-duty time in an adequate rest facility prior to sign in should be a minimum.
Now that I have seniority, when I fly with a pilot who shows up (with the backup) after sleeping in the crew lounge for 8 hours (or tries to) but is still exhausted, I can only say that it's less than ideal. I live in base: I always fly the first leg because I know what's going on on the other side.
I've no solutions.
Living in base is a choice, but from a health/safety perspective, it's the obvious one.
Anyone sleeping “8 hours” in the crew room before a trip is irresponsible. I’m a commuter and I only slept in the crew room after a trip just to catch the first flight home.
We make enough money to pay for hotel room.
Would you be able to show up at 6pm for a flight and haven’t done anything in your house since 6am? 5am show, without doing anything since 5pm previous night?
We are humans, not machines.