Oh dear, for someone who travels in First then I can only conclude that traveller5 inherited his wealth due to his utterly moronic comments.
Heavy Wake - Safety? Please give an example of a major incident due to cabin and flight crew lack of rest.
Do you suppose flight time limitations were drafted by an over zealous pilot union seeking to make its members life more leisurely? In the UK FTLs were first introduced after a spate of fatigue related accidents. If you want something more recent take a look at the report of the AA MD80 crash at Little Rock in the 90s. Lots of fatalities in because the crew were exhausted and forgot to arm the spoilers. IIRC the Britannia crash at GRN was partly attributable to the crews tiredness as well.
The facts: crew had 20hrs...... Can you maybe see my point? Are you suggesting that after having operated LHR-MIA followed by at least 12 hrs "rest", then to operate a MIA-BOS the pilots would have been exhausted
No, you don't have a point. 20 hrs rest means the crew are not acclimatised. The
LAW states that the maximum duty for two crew, non-acclimatised, for 2 sectors is 11 hours. This can be extended in extremis by three hours. MIA-LHR is about 9 hours before you add in an unplanned diversion. BOS-LHR is about 7 hours. The numbers aren't going to add up are they?
don't ring the flight crew, the captain's asleep
I can only assume you are too important to listen to the Captains initial PA and realise there are often more than two pilots on board. That'll be to comply with the CAAs FTLs again, which as I may have previously emphasised, is the law. If you want to go long distances non stop you're going to have to use more than two pilots. Its the way every major airline works, not just BA.
we FIRST passengers see pilots as paid to ensure safe take offs and landings.
Not 'we', 'you'. Fortunately most of the passengers I speak to are not daft enough to think that absolutely nothing happens in flight once you get above 1000ft