Originally Posted by
727C47
Actually in the DC3 days when these regs were written ,some local service lines were flying 8-9 legs a day,(aka old Frontier,Allegheny ,etc.),they hand flew in atrocious weather,and the old AN low frequency aural null approach and nav system got you down to 300 and 1,at EWR,and other stations.One of my old mentors told me during WW2 ,they would fly the old C47s under the hood till touchdown in training. No weather radar,tailwheel ops,round engine vibration ,and noise, multi leg days, I think they were well acquainted with fatigue.
I see what you are saying, but I'm sure that wasn't every operation. And just like some other guys brought up that when they pushed it like you mentioned many people died. Yeah, maybe they didn't complain about it because they never knew how it could have been and I'm sure the studies were lacking during those times. So what has changed since then. Well I'm not speaking of anyone specifically but the skilled pilot has become more lacking skill and technology has gotten better. The trade off has only been technology which is used as a crutch. The same weather still exists, the same flight durations and segments still exist but we must now rely on technology. Seems that the lowest paid guys get the "S*&T" end of that stick where the technology is least seen and the critical phases of flight are most seen. Something must be done......