Originally Posted by
jondc9
one of the great sadnesses of aviation is the way pilots are being treated, especially at non union airlines
one of the things a pilot must do is to safely stop flying and rest when it is needed...at some crummy places a pilot may lose his job for doing the correct thing.
so, if a pilot willingly accepts assignment to a flight that is in violation of regulations, or a pilot accepts a flight that he knows he is too tired to fly, then who is really at fault.
granted, a pilot may risk his career by refusing to fly, but the airlines have the bucks for the lawyers.
time for alpa and the like to kick some ass.
I accept that we are all resposbilbe for our own wellbeing and in the ideal world this would not be questioned. However in reality we all know there are operators who force and threaten their crew to fly outside the legal parameters. Then when the unthinkable happens and the crew member dies those same operators do not shoulder any blame. My question is that if this the case is there any viable legal claim against the operator.