Originally Posted by
yamahas3
Almost all regional airline pilots are fatigued..... and too much of pansies or too dumb to stick up for themselves. If you are fatigued, DONT FLY. Yes, the rest and duty rules suck. They really really suck. But the one thing that is in your favor is that an airline forcing or threatening to make a fatigue pilot fly is going to be in a world of hurt.
Most regionals dock your pay for fatigue calls. Take three hours of pay, thats ~$60 after taxes for a first-year FO. Thats 2-3 weeks of food (ramen) on most FO budgets. Thats what prevents most people from calling in fatigued.