Originally Posted by
dckozak
Maybe Carl can post his (scientific papers) links in rebuttal.
There ARE NO scientific studies that claim adding more working hours has no effect on fatigue. I can't prove a negative...the studies don't exist. If you think otherwise, post the study. Nowhere in the links that you provide does it say that working more hours has no effect on fatigue.
Originally Posted by
dckozak
I beieive in the same things you do Carl, I just think my goals are more pragmatic.
If by "pragmatic" you mean that we as pilots need to compromise
FURTHER on fatigue and safety issues so that we can have a hand in the policy/legislation, we don't agree at all. This is a failed strategy in so many ways, and is one of the reasons our profession has seen a steady slide in the last decade.
If this NPRM was supposed to deal primarily with fatigue, then let's stick to that subject. Let's not be fooled by other goodies that will be ours...if we only compromise and work longer hours. This is the exact same "logic" that ALPA used to get people to sign off on the sale of scope. Don't fall for this same tactic again on a different subject.
Carl