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Not only am I missing a whole lot of points - all my points seem to be missing! Did someone delete my previous post?
Your points about the hotel are valid - if you're in a hotel! I was talking about ten hours off at home base.
Twenty minutes for a room service meal .....er yeah I suppose it could happen, and ten minutes to get ready - what's your uniform, a speedo cossie and a hat?
If you think you have to do max duties to get fatigued - think again. In theory with 10 hours off at home you could be rostered for a 0500 report finishing at 1100, then on again at 2100 for a night flight. A (very) few of those and you wouldn't be out of hours but you would be a walking zombie. And as I said earlier, if its legal, it will happen.
Yes of course there is a responsibility on both sides in these matters and like everything else there are individuals who might not use their off duty time sensibly. However if the ten hour rule was at home base even the most dedicated professionals may not get adequate rest.
PS I am aware that there are legal definitions for fatigue and tiredness but I don't need a definition to know that my performance is slipping because I've been subjected to crap (legal) rostering!
Edit: OK I see what happened with the thread split.