Originally Posted by
beech_nut
If you are angered by the comments Roger Cohen made, in defense of some of the sweat shops he represents, you can call his office at the following number like I have just done.
Tel: 202/367-1170
The very nice receptionist told me he was out of the office doing another interview but I left him a pointed voicemail explaining how it was possible for me to come to work tired while doing a 4 day where the 1st day was min rest, 8 hours, all days were at least 12 hours long, and the last day started before 6 am and was scheduled over 15 hours.
This guy is swine.
Well boys and girls, if there was ever any doubt whose side this guy is on, I think we know for sure know. Take a look at this quote from one of his interviews about the Colgan accident:
Roger Cohen, president of the Regional Airline Association, said Colgan's concept is the natural evolution of current safety practices. "If we are identifying cockpit discipline" as an important safety factor and "there is a random, non-punitive way" to sample data, according to Mr. Cohen, "why wouldn't we at least begin talking" about broader uses of cockpit recorders?
This was his quote in response to the ridiculous suggestion by Colgan management to start randomly auditing the CVR tapes. Everyone knows this issue has been brought up before, and everyone including ALPA, the FAA, and the NTSB agreed that it would be counterproductive to safety. For those of you that may not be familiar with it, using CRV as a tracking tool, would undermine NASA, ASAP, and any other self reporting tool available to our pilots. So I guess the guy's just trying to make a name for himself at the expense of our Colgan brothers.