Ya gotta feel for the bloke no matter what. How many of us here can honesty say they have never had an unplanned cat nap, micro sleep, he’ll sleep even.
Single pilot freight ops, night, probably one of the toughest gigs out there. Remember the ole can’t remember the operator, but days single pilot METRO night freight. Hmm there have been a couple of Cessna 210’s land unplanned due to issues like this. They have been around since we started pushing limits. As a previous poster pointed out FTL are seen as hard limits and operators want to get as much out of a driver as possible.
Back of the clock flying I used to enjoy when I had a roster full of it, one could get used to it. Rostering where it chops and changes is just wrong. Problem is that again we are our own worst enemy as if reports are not constantly filled then what will happen? Pilots seem reluctant to file fatigue reports/ tiredness related reports. Management (especially ex Pilots) seem to forget how demanding this flying can be.
All of us who came through GA probably have an inkling to the real big picture in this case.
Stay awake out there....... Tripple espresso please.