No. Like every part of our lives (work, play, family, study....) some common sense must prevail and especially with respect to those other systems you exist in. In this case some pretty nasty FDTL's that have been designed without common sense, against scientific evidence just to drive that dollar harder.
I believe these changes are WRONG, in development & application. You don't / can't run an engine at MCT so don't "plan" to do it & if so not expect an inflight shutdown. Same theory with these new FDTL's.
But, we as pilots also have a role to play. We can either actively contribute to a bad situation or use some common sense to help ourselves & the travelling public.
My day(s) off are sacred! Just as I'm not going to have an all-nighter on the booze & expect to enjoy the next day's skiing, the same applies in a more professional scenario at work. Now, combine that with prejudicial FDTL's designed to push things to what appears to be an unsafe limit & that to me adds another slice of Swiss cheese to the system.
The fact is that some pilots are their own worst enemy and then have the audacity to whine about FDTL's when they have contributed to their own fatigue. Example: I've had an FO in the past drive for 9 hrs straight to work from his girlfriend's place and then complain abut the roster, FDTL's, etc... And do I mind if I fly each sector while he has a snooze? Because of his selfish & unprofessional behaviour & attitude I must suffer as well as the well being of the flight you may argue. Now, when I chat to him in cruise he tells me that what he does in his own time is none of my business. True. But he just made it my business.
I hope these FDTL changes are fought off vehemently, but CX does have a reputation of damning the pilot input at the expense of profit.
Last edited by TopTup; 4th December 2009 at 01:40.