Pilot Fatigue
Has anyone had the unpleasant experience of operating some of the 3 sector 12 hour regional patterns with no break ?
There are a couple on the roster now that involve a 12 hour 30 min duty, during which time there is no provision for crews to have even a 15 min break - i.e. they are either flying or doing paperwork/aircraft setup for the entire duty, even eating at the controls, with no break for more than 12 hours. The only time you leave the flightdeck is for "Physiological reasons", or a pre-flight walk-around check.
Many longer flights have limitations of 8 hours at the controls before a minimum relief break, but the regional flights somehow don't have this protection.
CAD have been informed several times now, but so far have taken the attitude that the duty is legal because it falls within the Flight Time Limitations (which they approve).
What will it take for someone to apply some common sense to this ?