Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
Eagle ALPA has a teleconference for all members on a bunch of stuff, but they brought up the rest rules and said it is looking like 10hrs min scheduled overnight, reduceable to 9hrs for WX or MTX. They said it wouldnt be implemented for a few years 2010-2011 at the earliest I believe. Anyone else have info? There is a panel of industry executives, labor representatives and FAA officials all getting together to work on the new rules. Its generally accepted by all parties that the rules need to be changed to a longer min overnight for domestic rules.
That's fairly weak imo. The "reduceable" BS is what I don't like. The rest needs to be a hard number no building in loopholes. God forbid we delay the next days flight so the crew can get their proper rest. It seems to me like they're trying to do the absolute minimum here. 9 hours rest is unacceptable. Keep in mind train operators are getting a mandatory 12 hours now.