Originally Posted by
Pilotguy143
I don't know how the rest of you feel, but since the Colgan crash, calling in Fatigued has become a non-event
That's not really the point. That accident was only loosely related to fatigue. As I understand it, the crew stalled the airplane and executed a recovery from the stall which only made it worse.
A legal 16-hour duty day is absurd and the rest of the western aviation world recognizes this by having more realistic max duty periods.
We shouldn't have to call in fatigued. We should have regulations which prevent this kind of thing.