ock1F,
When its all signed sealed and delivered it remains to be seen how much overtime wilbe required
It also remains to be seeen how many sign up to giving the company 12 rest days to go on-call. If the new overtime arrangements with their new limits dont cover the shortfall needed to safely run the service
What does not remain to be seen is that the safety card was pulled but put firmly back into the pocket once some promisses were made which as you say remain to be seen.
Safety is very black and white. Pilots don't like dealing with ATC who in regard to safety say things like;
it remains to be seen
let's suck it and see
let's sit back and see how it works out
it will be better in the future so that makes it OK now.
To claim something is unsafe and then (regarless of promisses for future action) continue to do it is simply admitting to ignoring the risks in the hope that it (remains to be seen) will perhaps mayby possible improve.
Imagine an Aer Lingus aircraft with a safety related issue. No problem we will fix that in a few months so it is now no longer a safety issue.
Hey we just missed that other aircraft by a few feet, but it isn't a safety issue because they promisse not to do it again for a few months and then they will only do it once or twice per year.
So was overtime a safety issue or not?
Regards,
DFC