Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Yes, because it's a tactic used during negotiations. The airlines want more than anything to have the ability to do coast to coast turn arounds and east coast to deep within Europe. The current rule of 8 hours for a two man crew prevents that. All airline management needs is one more hour. They got it. Now you make the other side feel better about their MAJOR LOSS by agreeing to 9 other smaller things that are not nearly as important. Add to this that 1 hour increase flies in the face of the PURPOSE of this new regulation to begin with...that is, to REDUCE fatigue.

You should never fall for the old trick of agreeing to a big loss, so you can brag about all your other little meaningless victories.

Carl