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Old 08-07-2006 | 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by KZ1000Shaft
The FAA hasn't done anything because there hasn't been enough blood and/or money to pressure them to change anything. They are a reactionary agency. Every FAR is written in blood or backed by money. Until that happens, expect overnights to be shrunk to minimums and duty days expanded to maximums because companies want to increase utilization to maximize profits.
I expect the blood to come along sooner rather than later. That will probably have to be the catalyst for change. It almost happened at LAX a few days back...
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Old 08-07-2006 | 11:30 AM
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Flying in the military, I found many times that most of our crew was quite tired... I can remember many 0' dark thrity takeoffs and looking over and seeing the CP and FE completely out. What worried me is when I started doing basketballs... Is this just part of the job???
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Old 08-07-2006 | 08:30 PM
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The other 20% fell asleep before completing the survey.
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