Whilst I agree that fatigue in aircraft is not a good thing, I strongly disagree with the perception that the new EASA FTLs allow longer duty times.
Have a look at the draft:
Draft
The flight time limits are:
ORO.FTL.210 Flight duty period (FDP)
Maximum daily FDP — Acclimatised crew members (1-10 sectors)
0600–1329 13:00 12:30 12:00 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00
1330–1359 12:45 12:15 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00
1400–1429 12:30 12:00 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00
1430–1459 12:15 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00
1500–1529 12:00 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00 09:00
1530–1559 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00 09:00
1600–1629 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
1630–1659 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
1700–0414 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
0415–0429 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
0430–0444 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
0445–0459 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00 09:00
0500–0514 12:00 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00 09:00
0515–0529 12:15 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00 09:00
0530–0544 12:30 12:00 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:00
0545–0559 12:45 12:15 11:45 11:15 10:45 10:15 09:45 09:15 09:00
which measn roughly 1 hrs
less duty than my actual FTLs, which are covered by actual JAR/EASA.
I also do not see any worsening for split duty, captains discretion or standby duty. If one can find it, be invited to show me.
Captains desrection is so old as aviation itself. Every discretion report goes to the NAA (national air authority), if above 2 hrs right away. If your airline produces too many reports, your NAA will intervene. Or at least it should. If it doesn't, it's not the fault of new EASA rules.
I still fail to see where this online petition refers to the new EASA rules. I don't know what they want. I find these videos very unrealistic, not funny and very biased. I don't believe that passenger will get a better view of aviation if we shock them with unrealistic stories.
All in all, Vereinigung Cockpit is shooting in its own foot with this campaign, since it fights for something they do not follow anyway (Lufthansa has better FTLs than EASA).
Dani