LLuCCiFeR
Assume that was intended as tongue in cheek!
Originally Posted by
LLuCCiFeR
Perhaps the Chinese are on to something?
1) it improves safety by reducing fatigue
2) it reduces unemployment
3) pilots with a job will spend money into a faltering economy
Does nothing of the sort. What the Chinese regulators are saying is nothing more than a slap on the wrists for offenders. Blatant FTL busts will be punished by a ban on buying new aircraft! What sort of regulation is that?
3) pilots fortunate enough to have a job are mostly working for peanuts, and/or are not spending any money because of fears of layoffs due to increased productivity of the 'happy' few that remain employed.
This in the same month that the ONS in the UK state
The highest paid are airline pilots and flight engineers, with average pay of GBP44.49 an hour.
So if pilots are being paid peanuts what are the rest of us surviving on?
(Edited for spelling)