Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
The $50,000 question is why does anything need to be done when there are perfectly good rules in place that already protect a pilot?
Sorry, but can you tell what those perfectly good rules are that already protect and pilot? Please quote the specific FAR, as well as why it's a perfectly good rule.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
I guess the only thing I've thought was BS was the min of 8hrs. Bump it to 9 and call it a day.
Sorry, but there isn't much difference between 8hrs and 9hrs.
You ever do something like a (insert Mexico 9hr overnight here) with 1 hour of transit time back and forth to the hotel?
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Most of the fatigue related incidents were because of bad decisions made by the pilots. Laws can't fix that.
If the pilots were better rested , they may not have made that bad decision, a la Corpex, AA at LIT, etc. Was not the 170 CA at CLE under pressure due to a sick/fatigue issue?
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
You can take a horse to water but you can't force him to drink. All a pilot has to do is pickup the phone and say "I'm fatigued" and it's a done deal.
Sounds easy enough. My company has instituted that a fatigue call now has to be ASAP'd. There's been more than one guy that's done it, and has to come into a hearing with the ERC, as well as the FAA to clarify what led up to the call in the first place. Making it ASAP, good idea. Requiring the pilot to come in and explain it, BS. And my company has a strong MEC, I'd hate to see what would happen at companies with weak union leadership, or none at all.