Got this today from CAPA. Has ALPA sent out anything like this??
The FAA has recently been charged by Congress and the Administration to develop a set of comprehensive new rules regarding "Flight Crew member Rest and Duty Requirements". The proposed changes in the FAA's recently-issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on "Flight and Duty Time" (FT/DT) regulations represents an improvement to current regulations and covers all commercial operations in the spirit of "One Level of Safety".
However, there are some specific items that need to be changed in order to
mitigate fatigue for the professional pilot. They are as follows:
1) The
flight time limit should not be increased 25%; from 8 hours to 10 hours.
2) The augmented (3-person)
flight time limit should not be increased 25%; from 12 to 15 hours.
3)
Rest requirements should be 10 hours domestic; and 14 hours international. 9 hours, reducible to 8 hours, is not enough time to achieve restorative sleep, eat, and attend to personal hygiene between duty periods.
4) Domestic augmentation should not be allowed.
Please join us in letting your congressional representatives know the importance of achieving these meaningful improvements to flight and duty time regulations. Your participation in the letter-writing campaign to Capitol Hill is extremely important; it will ensure that your opinions are heard on this most important matter:
Pilot Fatigue.
Pease send a letter today!
To participate in sending a letter to Congress, follow these few simple steps:
1) Go to
www.capapilots.org, click on the "
Contact Your Legislators" button on right side of the CAPA Home Page.
2) Under "Current Action Alerts" header, click on "
Support These Changes to the FAA's Flight Time/Duty Time NPRM"
3) Enter your zip code in the "Action Alert" box, write your name in the "Your Name" box, enter your sender information below and click "Send Message."
For additional information on this issue, please click on this link "CAPA Flight Time/Duty Time Talking Points"(
http://www.capapilots.org/flight-timeduty-time-ftdt-capa-talking-points).
The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations is a trade association which represents more than 28,000 professional pilots at carriers including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, UPS Airlines, US Airways, Atlas Air Cargo, Kalitta Air, Polar Air Cargo, Southern Air, Gulstream Air, Cape Air, Miami Air, Omni Air and USA 3000.