Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Far 91.13 "Careless or Reckless operation", FAR 61.53 section (b), FAR 63.19 "Operations during physical deficiency"[F/Es]. Check the back of your medical. You're walking around with everything you need to protect you right there in your wallet.
Please quote me the 121/135 FAR's that protect the pilot?
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
There's an extra hour.
Not if 2 of those extra hours are used in transit time.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
How many people at your company have ever been fired for calling in fatigued? They might want to know why and that's fine but has anyone been fired?
None that I know of, but that doesn't mean that like many others have alluded to, their life wasn't made difficult in some other area. And you didn't address the point of the ASAP issue. Should the pilot have to come in and explain a fatigue call? Since we adopted that fatigue calls have gone up.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
I'm not making the point that there isn't room for improvement. I'm making the point that the leading preventative measure for combating fatigue is already there and not being utilized like it should.
Unable to see your point or agree with this statement. Airlines that schedule "rest periods" right at the FAR limit give no room what so ever to manage fatigue properly. Sorry, if you've never done it, you can't debate this point. Sorry to blunt with you.