Rhetorical question.........How much do a couple fatigue related accidents cost an airline?? These bean counters need to wake up.
I once had a scheduler give me crap about getting 8 hours behind the door. "What about the miss-connecting pax?" she said. I told her I'd fly with much less sleep in the freezing rain that was outside my window if she'd put her kids on my flight. At that point a light bulb turned on above her head and she got my point.