Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
I am not saying there are not cases where pilots truly are fatigued but increasing our rest will have a very very negative effect on our QOL. Our trips will be less productive, and our days off will go down. I think the overall lifestyle and pay has more to do with feeling rundown than an actual duty day. If we were paid more we would not have to fly close to 100hrs to pay the bills and have some extra cash (for those that don't need to fly 100hrs, your lucky, living in Hoboken, NJ and paying off school loans is a KILLER)
anyway I just wanted to point out that more rest is not neccesarly the solution.............
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I think the worst thing on any trip is long sits at airports. Everyone gets more weary with 4.5 hour layovers than if you kept going. Talk about unproductive trips? Look at some of Comair's trips (I'm sure other's too). You can work a 14 hour day with three 1.5 hrs flights. Sitting in an airport with no crew area, you can't just lie on the seats like the passengers do. Next thing you know, CNN would be video taping you sleeping in the airport and reporting improper crew rest.