When operating in busy airspace, packed in as tight as ATC can get, sliding down the glide 3 behind and 3 in front of another flight to land on a runway which the guy in front will have got off ASAP and there are others waiting at various holds to cross or line-up, not to mention the stream of VFR transit flights by PPLs traversing the overhead............................is itnot important that everyone is on top of their game?
If safety requires UK pilots to have adequate rest then it also dictates that every other flight in the same airspace should be operated by pilots who are as well rested.
Shame to be fully awake when the sleeping pilots spear your tin can!
Thus, if current European rest times are so bad that other countries could have fatigued and dangerous pilots.....is it not too dangerous for other people to fly there?
Perhaps BALPA are barking up the wrong tree (again).
Perhaps we need to look at the rest time of the refueler driver with 2 big tanks waiting to cross an active runway at 2200 in the dark!!!!
The lay person will simply see this as BALPA trying to protect their easy lifestyle.
Regards,
DFC