Originally Posted by
Shortarz
"Maybe this is the only way to get the recognition that the crewies deserve"
rivnut
Please explain??
What I was alluding to is that crewies not being licensed have and still do, I'm sure, get abused to certain extent with duty times and minimum rest periods. Have known crewies to be asked (made to) work double shifts or more than 7 days straight or with rest periods less than 8 hours before starting another shift on the basis that they are not licensed and hence not under CASA scrutiny. Sure this does not happen often and not sure about these days with company resposibilities and threats of litigation but in the past when I was active in EMS I saw quite a bit of it.
Sure many of the crewies jumped at the chance to earn extra money doing so but at the end of the day as the PIC I want the crewy sitting in the LHS assisting me under difficult IF and night conditions to be as sharp as I'm expected to be.
Being licensed means that the crewy sitting in the LHS will have to comply with the same duty limits as the pilot even if or she doesn't want to.