Originally Posted by Drums4life

I finished a trip late the other night and was going to catch a 6 a.m. flight home so decided to just sleep in the crew room for a few hours before my flight rather than pay for a hotel room for just a few hours. It kind of frightened me to see three other pilots sleeping in the crew room for the night simply for the fact that they did not have crashpads. Some of these pilots were staying in the crewroom on reserve until they got called for trips, which could be days on end. After the Colgan accident it just frightens me that pilots are flying these trips after sleeping on couches for days on end in loud crewrooms with totally improper rest. I can understand it if you do not have to work the following day however to basically make the crewroom your home while on reserve is just plain negligent. I just had to get this off my chest and feel that something DRASTICALLY needs to be done before another acccident occurs that can be associated with fatigue. It's really no secret who I work for and CVG is not an expensive place but I guess it goes to show how little most of us make and the shortcuts we are willing to take to try and make the most for our money.