You're right A-Girl.
But, mind you, I surely look for cheap deals like everyone else. But just as some costs are built-in and we all pay for today (spares, rotations, maintenance etc.) the same could be done with more generous rest provisions.
If decent rest schedules were built-in; all of us could continue the bargain-hunting, safe in the knowledge that whatever we pay will have adequate provisions for the people whom we entrust our safety in.
The whole point of regulating these provisions, in, is to avoid unfair advantages and ensure a level playing field.
You'd think that all those big blue signs on the motorway warning "tiredness can kill - take a break" wouldn't go unheeded.
Where's common sense when we most need it?
P.S. [Pedantic Mode On] Just which scientific, controlled studies of fatigue and sleep deprivation have they based their document on?? Are they recent? Peer reviewed?[Pedantic Mode Off]