Originally Posted by
dckozak
When I read comments about how many (pilot) jobs it will cost if we allow over 8 for day flying, I see guys more concerned with their wallet and seniority rather than rest and fatigue. Make this a money issue and we will surely lose. I expect that thinking from Wall Street and Airline CEO's, not fellow pilots.
You make it sound like guys are simply complaining about not getting some sort of hiring windfall. What part of up to 15 hours, 4 leg, 4am release, 10 hour (or more due to IROPS) block day being less safe than current status quo reeks of "concern over wallets and seniority"?
Upping the 2 pilot block hour limits with a few weaksauce parameters, most or all of which are extendable anyway, is nothing short of granting a massive staffing windfall to the ATA to meet or exceed their costs for some nominal improvements to the ultra high cycle/regional sectors. Hire a few more regional pilots, gut hundreds of mainline pilots. Slightly increase regional safety, significantly reduce mainline safety.
This proposal is an ATA hack job that hurts safety far more than it helps. It
also will cost mainline pilot jobs. Mentioning and even complaining about the second thing in no way discredits the first thing.