Responsibility should equal reward.
F/O turbo operation 19K : Bin Man 19K ???????????????
When does the average Easy Jet/ Ryanair socialise?
He operates 6 Days 3 earlies then three lates often arriving Glasgow 3 times in one day with crosswinds at max limits dodging embeded CB's on a thunderous day. Shattered, in the cruise he wonders how he would cope if the worst occured at the worst possible moment. Working all the time and devoting his spare time to his family, he has not managed to give as much time to emergency procedures as he should.
Freight dog takes off into the night in his turbo prop, embedded CB,s along the route moderate icing slows the aircraft more and more, your over the mountains and your left engine is at max. Thats not good what if the right one fails!? Theres an awful static that you cant shut off an your getting bumped around so much that you cant read the instruments. You, too, are nackered and you ask yourself what would happen if the worst occured. Your company have just informed you that they have been granted permission to make you to fly 5 nights instead of 3-4:Great! You think of your family tucked up in bed and really wish you were there with them. You hope to get into the jets so you can get above the cloud. But hang on, it dont look that great in the jets either.
Flying isnt all sitting reading mags at 40K ft every few days you have crap weather that puts you to the test. A train driver does not have this. Landing an aircraft with electrics out and 35 mins of remaining batteries in foggy conditions with a howling crosswind should be something we should be prepared for every flight. If your nackered theres a good chance you will arse up and = dead.
I am less concerned about pay as time off. Airlines should max their daily sectors to 4 and do a whole week of earlies or a whole week of lates.
If you give crews good working conditions they will come to work refreshed and ready for anything, wanting more! as it used to be. Crews need time to study their books and this should either be rotad into their work or they should be given time of specifically for this purpose.
I ask the powers that be to consider this before its too late!
