Originally Posted by
86pilot
Bob, You seem to need to hijack the thread, I wanted to have a meaningful conversation on how the powers that be see us 135 guys differently than the 121 guys. If you would like, I could start another thread about how 135's don't follow rules that the FAA will not enforce, maybe then this conversation could take place without the distraction.
No, Bob's right. That's not a hijack....it's a valid point. Why does it matter what the rules are when people are going to do what they need to do "to pay the bills" anyway?
Let's pretend they changed it to 8 hours on duty max, 4 hours of flying max and then 36 hours of rest.
...do you REALLY think people would do that, or would they still just pretend to be at rest even though they're tethered to their blackberry waiting for a trip so they can launch within 15 minutes?
Until the FAA grants the pilots immunity for advising them of the operators doing illegal 24/7 on-call and shuts down those operators........the actual rules don't matter to most people. Those of us following the rules will continue to do so and those who don't will continue to not. Nothing changes except I might get 9 hours behind the door rather than 10 hours including a 30 minute cab ride each side, 30 minutes to prep my uniform, 60 minutes for dinner, 30 minutes to unwind and talk to the wife and 6 hours of sleep if I'm lucky, so I can wake up and get myself ready...and skip breakfast. Or I can have 5 hours of sleep, get ready and have time for breakfast. Really, it's a wash. By the end of my 8-day "tour", I'm going to be fatigued...hopefully not enough to compromise safety, just enough to make me skip working out so I can get sleep.
-mini