Originally Posted by
mustache ride
Look how quick this 3 hour tarmac rule came out....but they are ok with those pilots in the cockpit sitting on the tarmac for 3 hours and being on duty for up to 16 hours a day. Personally, I can't wait to make that announcement and go back to the gate..."this is what you folks wanted...."
Ditto, I argued with so many people about this and how it is such a bad idea.
If you have been waiting for 2 hours 45 minutes and you get to go in 20 minutes, every pilot would return to the gate. Why? Because some ******* in the back will be timing us and if we do not make the 3 hour mark, the company gets sued. So instead of waiting the extra 5 minutes, we return to the gate and the flight gets canceled.
Way to go Congress.
This will probably change when some senators get all their flights canceled because of this law.
The more hard limits that the government puts on pilots, the more flights will have to be canceled.