"We're not holding our breath because years ago they were saying that new rules were imminent, and it keeps getting pushed back," says Bill Edmunds, a fatigue specialist at the Allied Pilots Association. "But we're still trying to get some action on it."
Still trying what? Does anyone know?
The right thing would be to address the regulators, in this case your transport minister and make them aware of the problem.
Surely this (or something on similar lines) has been done? Can someone comment on what has been said and done? My experience of going this route is that you get simpering letters back from ministry bods attempting to calm your fears but actually doing… nothing. A personal example of this: in the 80s, the DTI (dept trade & industry) had been “managing” talks with the British furniture industry about not manufacturing dangerous bunk-beds that had been killing children. The minister at the time, Michael Howard, when pushed had to admit that “talks with the industry had, after many years, unfortunately broken down…” If these fools can’t get a simple design mod done in the name of safety, then what chance this?
It may be a problem for airlines, but they don't see it that way.
Can it be made a problem for them? I suppose solidarity is the key here. Nowadays there are too many desperate people ready to jump into your shoes if you’re the one prepared to make a stand.
Agaricus bisporus – are you saying that there is no problem? Levity doesn’t really seem appropriate on this subject.
As I’ve already said - is anybody serious about getting something done? A very small group of concerned citizens
got something done about the bunk-bed problem. So how do we sensibly approach doing something significant, before these “tiredness related incidents” become something tragic?