Mr A
and Pilot interest is NFI
IS this your opinion, the opinion of the scientists that your company is employing or the opinion of your Flt Ops management. Pilots are not anti change if that change is for the good of all. I would back anything that would improve producivity without compromising safety but anyhting that affects flight safety has to have a negative effect on all parties involved in aviation. Longer working times and shorter rest periods will most definitely increase fatigue and have a negative affect on Flight safety. How can you argue for an increase in FDP,s and a decrease in rest periods when the current rules do not do enough to prevent fatigue. If the scientists can come up with a scheme that can manage fatigue, lets hope the managers have the guts to follow their advice.