Originally Posted by Lighteningspeed

Hard to believe people like Cohen is the President of the Regional Pilots Association. What Cohen and the FAA refuses to acknowledge is that although low pay and low experience pilots MAY contribute to the deterioration of safety in the airline industry, the SINGLE MOST threat to safety is pilot fatigue directly caused by regional airlines managements' scheduling practices.

One, there should be no CDOs (High speeds) period. They are UNSAFE for anyone. Spoke to several CAs with close to 20,000 hours and they all said it is unsafe even after one high speed turn.

Second, airline management should not be allowed to schedule pairings with overnights less than 10 hours. 10 hour layover is in my opinion a bare MINIMUM necessary for pilots to get adequate rest.

Three, time spent waiting for passengers to deplane, writing up maintenance logs after the flight, leaving the terminal at the end of the day and waiting for the hotel shuttle van should NOT be counted as the REST period. Time for REST PERIOD should start when crews check in at the hotel for the night.