Swish.. I quote
How would you feel if the Captain of a wide-body with 300 pax has to spend 3h in the bunk in order to legally extend his duty and has to leave the lives of 300 pax and a wide-body that cost 170,000,000 USD in the hands of 1 CPL with 1500h career and less than 500h on type and 1 ATPL with less than 1200 fixed wing and less than 500 on type? As long as they passed their ratings this is legal!!!
We are regularly faced with similar situations these days. In the current economic crisis airlines love to get rid of experienced older/expat guys just because the local/newbies draw 2 times less money. How do you sustain this kind of pressure that management transfers on to you?
I don't like it.
Bet the SLF would hate it if they knew!
Bet the poor sods on AF447 might have had a chance if it was a cruise captain/TRE/TRI in the cockpit when the captain went to sleep...
I wonder what's coming next...
SLF here... I dont hate it. An experienced captain takes some rest whilst a qualified pilot takes the controls during a long haul flight? Not scary in the slightest.
The poor sods on AF447? If you can tell me what happened with a degree of precision and whether or not a cruise captain was at the controls when AF447 hit the water I'll give you a gold pig.
To be more specific, legal minima are there for a reason. That usually means that the common consensus of both law makers, politicians and those subject to the laws have agreed to those minima. If you really feel that the laws are unsafe, then contact your union, MP, congressman, senator, MEP or whoever has responsibility for the law in your area. If you say that they dont listen, it depends on how strong your case is. Ive found that politicians are most receptive if you have a case so strong that it amounts to a stranglehold....