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Old 7th Mar 2019, 00:48
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Originally Posted by Capt Fathom
People are kidding themselves if they think it is OK to be awake all day, commute across the country, then work on the theory they will get a rest break early in their tour of duty.

They are putting their passengers and their work mates lives at risk!

It is total self indulgence.
What stops a Management Pilot spending the day in the office then operating a flight from Sydney to Bangkok? Nothing.

What stops a Management Pilot spending the day in the office and operating Sydney to LAX, or Melbourne to LAX? Nothing.

But hey......a pilot gets up late after sleeping in their own bed, jumps on a jet, has a meal, watches a movie, reads a book, has a nap, catches up with a friend/colleague and then operates a ULR flight and suddenly everybody has an expert opinion on how it is wrong and "putting lives at risk."

What stops a pilot from living on a farm, spending the entire day in the fields or doing mechanical work then driving 2-3 hours and doing a ULR flight? Or a pilot living in Newcastle, spending the day in their lawnmower business, then driving 2-3 hours and operating SYD-LAX? Or a pilot living in Lismore running their Macadamia Farm and then driving to BNE to operate to SFO? Or a pilot living in Melbourne spending all day looking after their challenging toddler, while their partner is at work, then operating a flight to LAX or SFO?

Nothing.

I know who is going to turn up to work feeling more rested.

A no paxing rule before a ULR flight is a completely ludicrous and ill-thought idea that has no merit. Why don't you contact CASA and tell them that EVERY pilot should be wearing a sleeping/activity monitoring device which is then checked at sign on, and if the pilot hasn't turned completely rested for any flight then they are stood down - irrespective of whether it's SH, LH or ULR flying? Maybe we should be getting CASA to write into the rules a maximum travelling time of 30 mins by road in order to be deemed fit to fly? No? Don't agree? To hard to achieve in Sydney? Won't that throw the cat amongst the pigeons. How many pilots would be cleared to operate then? The people who are stupidly, with absolutely no experience in the matter, commenting about paxing before a flight need to really consider what they are spruking. The pilot has the responsibility of confirming whether they are fit to fly. Why is that nobody questions the other examples that I have given? We all know that those things have and do occur.

Idealistic twaddle, with zero merit.


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